Summary:
The Pathway School of Discovery area contains just one school: Pathway School of Discovery, an elementary-designated school in Dayton, Ohio that actually serves grades K–8 with 843 students, and it belongs to the same-named Pathway School of Discovery district. Because this is a single-school area, there are no peer schools to compare it against; the story here is entirely about this one school's own trajectory. Its district profile carries a 2-star rating and ranks 456th of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the 41st percentile.
The school is clearly improving. Its statewide rank rose from 965 of 1,558 in 2024–2025 to 848 of 1,560 in 2025–2026, moving from the 38th to the 46th percentile. Early-grade math is a genuine strength: third grade math scored 72.5% proficient against a 62.1% state mark, fourth grade 82.1% against 67.3%, and fifth grade 66.3% against 59.1%. Eighth grade math jumped from 35.4% to 54.1%, now above the state's 52.0%. Fourth grade ELA climbed from 44.7% to 65.3%, and eighth grade ELA from 45.0% to 60.8%, both now above state. Overall, the school matched or beat the state in 8 of 14 reported grade-subject tests, up from just 3 of 14 the year before.
Science is the clearest weak spot: fifth grade science sat at 36.3% versus 62.7% statewide and fell from 48.8% the prior year, while eighth grade science was 54.1% against 61.2%. Middle-grade math also lags, with sixth grade at 42.7% versus 56.2% and seventh grade at 33.3% versus 48.6%, and fifth grade ELA trails at 53.8% versus 70.4%. Chronic absenteeism stands at 21.1%, meaning roughly one in five students missed enough school to be chronically absent. Note also that the free/reduced lunch figure is unavailable and per-student spending data is dated to 2018–2019.
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