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Greenville City Schools
District sees
improvements, offers more than a test score
The Ohio Department of Education released its school district report
cards this past week. Ohio issues annual report cards for every public
district and school, based on student academic performance and growth
as measured by the state tests each spring. The district report card is
the way the Department of Education provides families, educators and
the community with the information they need to understand how the
students in their schools are performing.
This is the first year that the Ohio Department of Education issued an
overall grade (A-F) for each school district. This overall grade is
based upon 6 different categories – Achievement, Progress, Gap Closing,
Graduation Rate, K-3 Literacy, and Prepared for Success.
Greenville City Schools earned an overall grade of a D. Despite much
hard work by students and teachers, Greenville City Schools fared much
as they have in the recent past, meeting the state standard on only two
state assessments – Biology and Civics.
Although Greenville received an overall D for the district grade, the
district is seeing improvement in several of the graded categories. The
gap closing measure for our subgroups is the district's most improved
component. Gap closing is a measure which compares how students in
certain subgroups are achieving related to their peers. These subgroups
include two areas that we have been focusing on – student with
disabilities and economically disadvantaged students. The District
improved from 30.8% last year to 69.9% this year.
In Achievement, the district has trended upward over the past three
years in all English Language Arts tested areas, grades 3 - 10. We're
also pleased to report that 13 students received a perfect score on
their math state test this past year.
Greenville Elementary and Middle Schools both met the Gifted
Performance Index, meaning that 96% of Gifted students scored
Accelerated or Advanced on the state tests.
At Greenville High School, the graduation rate for both 4 and 5 year
graduates continues to be over 90% (the state average is 83%), and the
number of students who took College Credit Plus courses increased from
79 students (17.9% of students) to 131 students (30% of students).
While the information supplied by the Department of Education is
important to make improvements in Greenville City Schools, it is
equally important to remember that no single piece of the report card
tells the whole story about what positive things are happening in
Greenville City Schools. Greenville students have received national
recognition for its Career Tech programs; our bands, choirs, and
orchestras provide an opportunity for students rarely found in other
schools; the high school NJROTC is recognized nationally; and the
annual Waves of Pride exhibition highlights the outstanding arts
education our students are receiving.
Greenville City Schools is grateful for having a community and parents
who value education. Valuing education means making school attendance a
priority. Attendance is one of the single most important factors in
students being successful. Working together, teachers, administrators
and parents can ensure that our children have the best education
experience possible.
As a District we continue to make strides in providing a world-class
education for our students, we are also deeply committed to ensuring
the education of our students is reflective of our local values and
traditions; values that have made our community a great place to live
and learn. Although we set goals and strive to improve, while
celebrating successes, it is important to recognize that what we offer
for the success of our students is much more than a test score that is
measured and released annually by the Ohio Department of Education.
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