Summary:
The city of Beloit, Ohio is home to two high schools: West Branch High School and West Branch Digital Academy, both part of the West Branch Local school district. West Branch High School stands out as a strong-performing school, consistently ranking in the top quarter of Ohio high schools and maintaining high test scores and graduation rates.
West Branch High School has a four-year graduation rate of 95.5%, well above the state average. The school's test scores are significantly higher than state averages across a variety of subjects and grade levels, including 8th grade science, math, and ELA, as well as end-of-course exams in American Government, American History, Biology, English II, Geometry, and Algebra I. West Branch High School spends $9,675 per student, which is in line with state averages, and has a student-teacher ratio of 14.9 to 1.
In contrast, West Branch Digital Academy is a much smaller virtual school with only 19 students. It does not have the same level of performance data available, but its chronic absenteeism rate of 19.1% is on par with the traditional high school. The virtual school has a lower student-teacher ratio of 7.3 to 1. Overall, the data indicates West Branch High School is providing a quality education to its students, despite some economic challenges in the community, as evidenced by the school's 45.73% free/reduced lunch rate.
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