Ohio's State Tests, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient or Above.English Language Arts
26.6%
State avg 59.8%
District avg 32.6%
County avg 48.3%
-9.0pp since 2021-22
Mathematics
16.9%
State avg 56.1%
District avg 27.9%
County avg 43.1%
+8.6pp since 2021-22
Science
39.3%
State avg 60.7%
District avg 25.9%
County avg 47.2%
+1.7pp since 2021-22
Social Studies
59.1%
State avg 70.2%
District avg 56.6%
County avg 68.0%
+3.2pp since 2021-22
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 17 of 100 do math at grade level, about 39 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 59 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60, 56, 61, and 70. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points, science scores are up about 2 points, and social studies scores are up about 3 points.
What is Ohio's State Tests?
Ohio's State Tests (OST) are administered each spring to public-school students in grades 3 through 8 in English Language Arts and Math, plus Science at grades 5 and 8. High school students take End-of-Course exams in Algebra I, Geometry, English II, Biology, US History, and US Government for graduation.
What does "% Proficient or Above" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at "Proficient", "Accomplished", or "Advanced" on Ohio's 5-level performance scale (Limited, Basic, Proficient, Accomplished, Advanced). Proficient and above is Ohio's grade-level benchmark; the cumulative rate is what feeds the school's Achievement Star Rating. A higher number is better.
What does 26.6% mean for English Language Arts at Springfield High School?
It means about 26.6 percent of students tested at Springfield High School performed at grade level or above on the Ohio's State Tests English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Ohio that year was 59.8%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Ohio, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, Ohio School Report Cards Achievement Component. Building-level results for Ohio's State Tests (OST) in ELA + Math (grades 3-8), Science (grades 5, 8), high-school End-of-Course exams (Algebra I, Biology, English II, US History, US Government). Headline metric is the cumulative Proficient-or-Above rate (top 3 of 5 OST performance levels).
How often is it updated?
Ohio's State Tests is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.
