Summary:
Sciotoville, Ohio is home to a single public elementary school, East Portsmouth Elementary, which serves grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 160 students. The school is part of the Portsmouth City school district, which is ranked 624 out of 828 districts in Ohio and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
East Portsmouth Elementary faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance across multiple subject areas and grade levels. The school's math proficiency rates range from 16.7% to 52.2%, while its English Language Arts proficiency is more mixed, with 3rd-grade students performing above the district and state averages, but 4th-6th grade students performing significantly below. In 5th-grade science, the school's proficiency rate of 27.3% is well below the district (40.4%) and state (63.4%) averages. Additionally, the school has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 32.2%, which is significantly higher than the state average.
Despite spending $9,460 per student, which is in line with the state average, and having a student-teacher ratio of 13.3, which is slightly lower than the state average, East Portsmouth Elementary's performance has declined relative to other schools in Ohio, dropping from 1172 out of 1596 Ohio elementary schools to 1362 out of 1577 over the past three school years. Addressing the school's academic and attendance challenges should be a top priority for the district to ensure that all students have access to a high-quality education.
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