NO SCHOOL IN AKRON HAS ACADEMIC EMERGENCY RATING

MORE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR'S REPORT CARD!

APS met 7 of 25 indicators, up from three last year.

More students are testing at higher levels. Since 2003-04, the number of students testing at accelerated and above increased 165 percent, while 25 percent fewer students are testing below proficient.

Over the past year, test score rates of improvement have risen dramatically including:

Reading:
District – up 31%
Grade 6 – up 45%

Math: Test scores are up across the district and in every grade tested.
District – up 76%
Grade 3 – up 10%
Grade 4 – up 23%
Grade 6 – up 13%
Grade 7 – up 2%
Grade 8 – up 23%
Grade 10 – up 3%

Writing:
District – up 22%
Grade 4 – up 15%
Grade 10 – up 7%

The graduation rate increased to 80.3 percent.

Attendance is at 93.4 percent.

Three schools received a rating of Excellent (Ellet, Firestone, Miller South).

Sixteen schools received a rating of Effective, up from nine the year before.

Twenty-seven schools received a rating of Continuous Improvement.

81% of Akron's schools rated Continuous Improvement or higher.