Summary:
Bridges Community Academy dba Bridges Preparatory Academy is a single charter school that operates as its own district in Tiffin, Ohio, serving grades K–8 with 102 students — which means every Bridges Community Academy dba Bridges Preparatory Academy district-level figure also describes this one building, and typical cohort size is only about 11–15 students per grade.
In 2025–26, all ten reported test results fell below the Ohio state average. The school's average was 25.3% versus the state's 60.1%, an average gap of roughly 35 percentage points. Science showed the largest gap (school 19.4% vs. state 62.0%), followed by math (17.7% vs. 55.5%), while English language arts was comparatively the least depressed (35.9% vs. 63.7%) — though still far below benchmark. The school's best single result was 3rd-grade ELA at 45.5%, still 17.9 points behind the state. Statewide, the school ranks in the bottom 8% (1,440 of 1,560) with 0 stars, down from the 24th percentile and 1 star the year before. Chronic absenteeism stands at 46.8%, and the student–teacher ratio is 25.5:1 — about four teachers for the whole school.
For parents, the honest read is that this is a very small school performing well below state averages, with a widening gap. The one bright spot is 7th grade, which improved in both tested subjects (math +17.6 points, ELA +6.0 points). But caution is warranted in both directions: with cohorts of roughly a dozen students, a swing of a few children moves a percentage by 40 points, so single-year changes are noisy. Important context is also missing — free/reduced lunch status is not reported, spending data dates to 2018–19 ($7,183 per student), and a graduation rate listed for 2020–21 does not apply to a school now serving K–8 only.
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