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Horizon Science Academy Toledo

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12
1137th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,558 Ohio Alternative Schools
Better than 27% of Ohio alternative schools
Summary

Horizon Science Academy Toledo is a public charter school serving 535 students in grades K-12 in Toledo, Ohio. The school has a strong focus on science and technology, as indicated by its name and curriculum.

Horizon Science Academy Toledo stands out for its consistently high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 84.4% to 100% over the past five years, significantly higher than the state average and many nearby schools. The school also generally performs better than the state average on Ohio State Tests, particularly in subjects like American Government, American History, and English Language Arts. However, the school struggles in Mathematics, with proficiency rates well below the state average across all grade levels. Additionally, Horizon Science Academy Toledo has relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18.7% to 42.2% over the past five years, which can negatively impact student learning and achievement.

Compared to nearby schools, Horizon Science Academy Toledo outperforms public schools like Reynolds Elementary School and Toledo Public Schools Virtual Academy on state assessments, but lags behind some other charter schools in the area, like Northwest Ohio Classical Academy, in terms of test scores and graduation rates. The school also spends less per student ($7,609) than the state average and some nearby schools, such as Reynolds Elementary School ($9,546 per student).

515
Students ?
11.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,834
Per pupil spending ?
41.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2600 W Sylvania Ave
       Toledo, OH  43613-4300

(419) 474-3350

District: Horizon Science Academy Toledo

Racial breakdown:

African American:
56.1%
White:
26.0%
Hispanic:
9.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 30th percentile in 2022 → 25th in 2025
Strengths
100% graduate within 4 years
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (43% vs 60% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2022
!Geometry scores 28 pts below the Ohio average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school43%
Ohio avg60%
Elementary school
1,137th of 1,558
Ohio public elementary schools ?
Bottom 27%▲ up 13 pts since 2015
From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
751st of 1,036
Ohio public middle schools ?
Bottom 28%▲ up 18 pts since 2015
From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 28% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
638th of 855
Ohio public high schools ?
Bottom 25%▲ up 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 17% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202528.51137 of 155827.0%★☆☆☆☆
202430.01131 of 157728.3%★☆☆☆☆
202331.91130 of 159629.2%★☆☆☆☆
202227.61169 of 158826.4%★☆☆☆☆
202113.51327 of 161017.6%★☆☆☆☆
201930.81247 of 167625.6%★☆☆☆☆
201818.71339 of 163618.2%★☆☆☆☆
201711.61464 of 165111.3%★☆☆☆☆
20169.51512 of 16789.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201515.41452 of 168413.8%★☆☆☆☆
201423.31376 of 168718.4%★☆☆☆☆
201319.41433 of 170115.8%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202538.8362 of 61541.1%★★☆☆☆
202443.4304 of 60349.6%★★☆☆☆
202345.9291 of 61052.3%★★★☆☆
202256.9205 of 60165.9%★★★☆☆
202130.6351 of 53334.1%★★☆☆☆
201955.7238 of 60560.7%★★★☆☆
201843.2340 of 59843.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202523.11131 of 145222.1%★☆☆☆☆
202428.51082 of 146626.2%★☆☆☆☆
202327.01103 of 148325.6%★☆☆☆☆
202224.51135 of 148823.7%★☆☆☆☆
202110.61260 of 146714.1%★☆☆☆☆
201919.81233 of 150217.9%★☆☆☆☆
201817.21278 of 151815.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202533.51040 of 147329.4%★☆☆☆☆
202437.21018 of 148431.4%★★☆☆☆
202340.7928 of 144735.9%★★☆☆☆
202235.6968 of 141931.8%★★☆☆☆
202117.71126 of 140419.8%★☆☆☆☆
201943.4958 of 146534.6%★★☆☆☆
201824.71198 of 146518.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202534.91024 of 146630.2%★★☆☆☆
202427.81117 of 148524.8%★☆☆☆☆
202337.71016 of 149832.2%★★☆☆☆
202224.61138 of 151825.0%★☆☆☆☆
202112.51242 of 149917.1%★☆☆☆☆
201939.61047 of 153531.8%★★☆☆☆
201816.31298 of 153615.5%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202568.5404 of 117565.6%★★★☆☆
202464.4464 of 119061.0%★★★☆☆
202366.0461 of 121562.1%★★★☆☆
202110.91127 of 12499.8%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202527.6751 of 103627.5%★☆☆☆☆
202423.0784 of 104625.0%★☆☆☆☆
202328.7750 of 104828.4%★☆☆☆☆
202217.9802 of 101721.1%★☆☆☆☆
202118.2795 of 103723.3%★☆☆☆☆
201920.8815 of 105022.4%★☆☆☆☆
201810.7883 of 101012.6%★☆☆☆☆
201710.8895 of 103813.8%★☆☆☆☆
20164.81013 of 10503.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20158.0939 of 10359.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201412.7872 of 100813.5%★☆☆☆☆
201314.7867 of 100113.4%★☆☆☆☆
200829.7667 of 83520.1%★☆☆☆☆
200743.3593 of 83729.2%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202533.0273 of 44238.2%★★☆☆☆
202445.1193 of 42955.0%★★★☆☆
202340.5224 of 43648.6%★★☆☆☆
202233.8252 of 41339.0%★★☆☆☆
202135.8213 of 38544.7%★★☆☆☆
201928.4296 of 40526.9%★☆☆☆☆
201824.9305 of 38420.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202522.3732 of 93822.0%★☆☆☆☆
202416.8761 of 94219.2%★☆☆☆☆
202328.4685 of 94327.4%★☆☆☆☆
202216.6760 of 92517.8%★☆☆☆☆
202112.8758 of 91016.7%★☆☆☆☆
201913.2791 of 91713.7%★☆☆☆☆
20185.1847 of 8975.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202531.7698 of 98329.0%★☆☆☆☆
202426.8732 of 98926.0%★☆☆☆☆
202335.3658 of 97432.4%★★☆☆☆
202221.4745 of 94721.3%★☆☆☆☆
202121.0715 of 92322.5%★☆☆☆☆
201927.9724 of 94523.4%★☆☆☆☆
201813.5815 of 92411.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202516.9781 of 95418.1%★☆☆☆☆
202422.1737 of 95823.1%★☆☆☆☆
202332.1671 of 96330.3%★★☆☆☆
202211.6806 of 94614.8%★☆☆☆☆
202114.9739 of 92420.0%★☆☆☆☆
201922.1744 of 93320.3%★☆☆☆☆
201814.0782 of 91614.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202436.1549 of 79530.9%★★☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202528.1638 of 85525.4%★☆☆☆☆
202439.9549 of 86436.5%★★☆☆☆
202333.1605 of 86730.2%★★☆☆☆
202235.0588 of 83629.7%★☆☆☆☆
202125.6624 of 81923.8%★☆☆☆☆
201919.5670 of 83619.9%★☆☆☆☆
201810.0705 of 80011.9%★☆☆☆☆
201712.1681 of 77311.9%★☆☆☆☆
201629.8634 of 78419.1%★☆☆☆☆
201527.8645 of 77817.1%★☆☆☆☆
201442.5592 of 76923.0%★☆☆☆☆
201326.4658 of 76714.2%★☆☆☆☆
201249.3593 of 83228.7%★☆☆☆☆
201139.0643 of 81821.4%★☆☆☆☆
201044.3609 of 81925.6%★☆☆☆☆
200967.5271 of 79165.7%★★★☆☆
200850.3517 of 76732.6%★★☆☆☆
200749.1525 of 75630.6%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202550.3155 of 32852.7%★★★☆☆
202458.3118 of 31862.9%★★★☆☆
202345.5157 of 32351.4%★★★☆☆
202253.9124 of 30659.5%★★★☆☆
202152.6114 of 28459.9%★★★☆☆
201936.2191 of 30337.0%★★☆☆☆
201820.4218 of 27921.9%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201836.3335 of 55039.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202528.7624 of 80922.9%★☆☆☆☆
202430.6600 of 79824.8%★☆☆☆☆
202312.7689 of 81315.3%★☆☆☆☆
202228.7613 of 79422.8%★☆☆☆☆
202119.2641 of 77517.3%★☆☆☆☆
201913.3686 of 78112.2%★☆☆☆☆
20183.7706 of 7516.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202536.1589 of 81527.7%★☆☆☆☆
202451.5425 of 82248.3%★★☆☆☆
202345.1489 of 80539.3%★★☆☆☆
202248.4431 of 77344.2%★★☆☆☆
202138.8508 of 76333.4%★★☆☆☆
201925.2627 of 77919.5%★☆☆☆☆
201812.4663 of 75812.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202532.7602 of 81726.3%★☆☆☆☆
202440.8525 of 81635.7%★★☆☆☆
202347.4483 of 81941.0%★★☆☆☆
202239.0536 of 80833.7%★★☆☆☆
202129.2590 of 77824.2%★☆☆☆☆
201920.7653 of 79217.6%★☆☆☆☆
20189.8669 of 76312.3%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201916.5187 of 20810.1%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202521.1625 of 74816.4%★☆☆☆☆
202446.4452 of 75440.1%★★☆☆☆
20196.6693 of 7396.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.2661 of 7187.9%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
White (2025)66th percentile+39 vs school
African American (2025)41st percentile+14 vs school
Male (2025)30th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile~ school
Female (2025)22nd percentile-5 vs school
Middle school
African American (2025)38th percentile+11 vs school
White (2024)31st percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile~ school
Female (2025)22nd percentile-6 vs school
Male (2025)18th percentile-9 vs school
High school
African American (2025)53rd percentile+27 vs school
Disabled (2018)39th percentile+27 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile~ school
Male (2025)26th percentile~ school
Female (2025)23rd percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)16th percentile-9 vs school
Multi-racial (2019)10th percentile-10 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?
American Government67%-6 vs state
English II56%-4 vs state
Biology54%-12 vs state
Science53%-11 vs state
American History51%-20 vs state
English Language Arts41%-20 vs state
Algebra I38%-21 vs state
Mathematics37%-19 vs state
Geometry14%-28 vs state

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Open Quote This school has a group of teachers who day in and day out serve the students, families, and the community. Every year, my son's teachers have reached out to me, to let me know what's going on in the classroom, to invite me to sit-in on a class. I also love all the activities that my son has can involve himself in from after school clubs (he really loves Art Club), robotics, music, and art. I particularly loved last years Talent Show! What an awesome group of students and staff. My son also competed in the SumoBots Robotics competition this year and made a Lego Robot that they built and programmed. Thank you for creating such a positive environment for my son to grow-up in. Go Jaguars! Close Quote





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Students at Horizon Science Academy Toledo are 56% African American, 26% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races.

Horizon Science Academy Toledo ranks 1137th of 1558 Ohio alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 515 students attended Horizon Science Academy Toledo.


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