Summary:
Washington Park Community School is the sole elementary school located in the Newburgh Heights, Ohio area. Serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade, this school has faced significant academic challenges in recent years, consistently ranking in the bottom 30% of Ohio elementary schools.
The school's performance on state assessments is well below the state average across multiple subjects and grade levels. In the 2024-2025 school year, proficiency rates ranged from just 9.1% to 92.3% in math, compared to the state averages of 47.6% to 69.1%. Similarly, the school's English Language Arts proficiency rates, ranging from 7.7% to 84.6%, fell short of the state's 54.4% to 67.7%. Science proficiency was particularly low, with only 30.4% of 5th graders and 25% of 8th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 63.4% and 63%, respectively.
These academic challenges may be exacerbated by the school's high percentage of students from low-income families, with 77.1% of students classified as chronically absent in the 2024-2025 school year. Additionally, the school's spending per student, at $6,742 in the 2018-2019 school year, was below the state average. Addressing the needs of this community will likely require a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to support the academic and socioeconomic needs of the students at Washington Park Community School.
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