Summary:
The city of Bradford, Ohio is home to two schools - Bradford Elementary School and Bradford High School, both part of the Bradford Exempted Village district. While the schools have some standout areas, they also face challenges in terms of declining performance, math proficiency, and high poverty levels.
Bradford Elementary School has relatively high proficiency rates in 3rd-5th grade Math and ELA compared to the district and state, but its statewide ranking has declined from 654 to 820 out of 1,596 Ohio elementary schools over the past 3 years. The school also struggles with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 15.9%. In contrast, Bradford High School performs strongly on American Government and American History end-of-course exams, but has low proficiency rates in 6th-8th grade Math, ranging from 11.9% to 54.3%, well below state averages.
Both schools face significant socioeconomic challenges, with Bradford High School having an extremely high free/reduced lunch rate of 98.77%, indicating a high-poverty student population. Addressing attendance issues, which are high at both schools, and improving math instruction and learning progression between the elementary and secondary levels could be key focus areas for improvement in the Bradford school district.
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