Reviewing the 2025-2026 Ohio State Report Card data
Reported byThe Telegram News
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The Telegram News reviewed the Ohio State Report Card results for the 2025-2026 school year for four southern Ohio districts: Jackson, Oak Hill, Wellston and Vinton County. The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) publishes the report cards to give families, communities, educators and policymakers information on how districts and schools perform. Districts can earn up to five stars in each of several areas, including Achievement, Progress, Gap Closing, Graduation, Early Literacy, and College, Career, Workforce and Military Readiness, and they also receive an overall rating from 1 to 5 stars.
Jackson City Schools earned an overall 3.5 stars, up from 3 the previous year, and Wellston City Schools also earned 3.5, up from 3. Vinton County Local Schools held steady at 3 stars. Oak Hill Union Local Schools stayed at 2.5 stars, which the article says means the district needs support to meet state standards. Progress was rated one star in Jackson, Oak Hill and Vinton County and two stars in Wellston. Four-year graduation rates ranged from 89.4 percent in Oak Hill to 97.6 percent in Vinton County. Chronic absenteeism ranged from 17.7 percent in Jackson to 28.9 percent in Wellston. Enrollment figures and star ratings for individual school buildings are also listed.
ODE says report cards show only part of the picture and encourages the public to visit schools and talk with educators, parents and students. Building-level data is available on the state report card website.
Why it matters
State report cards are a public measure of how local schools are doing on achievement, graduation, attendance and student growth. Families, staff and board members can use the ratings to see where districts improved or still face challenges, though ODE says the ratings are only one part of the story.
- School ratings
- Chronic absenteeism
- Graduation rates
- Test scores
- Literacy
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- How should families weigh a district's overall star rating alongside what they see in their own schools and classrooms?
- What steps could districts consider to address low Progress ratings or high chronic absenteeism, and how could the community help?
- What additional information, beyond report card ratings, would help the public understand how local schools are doing?
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