Summary:
There is one school in this area: Par Excellence Academy dba Par Excellence STEM Academy, an elementary school serving grades K–6 in Newark, Ohio, with 187 students. It is also listed as its own district, Par Excellence Academy dba Par Excellence STEM Academy, so the district and school ratings describe the same entity. The overall district rating is low — rank 548 of 773, the 29th percentile, 1 star — and the rank history has declined from the 63rd percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024 to the 49th percentile and 2 stars in 2024–2025 to the 36th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026.
Performance varies enormously by grade and subject. Fifth grade is the strongest area: ELA was 77.4% proficient against a state figure of 70.4% in 2025–2026, and 85.0% against 67.7% the year before, while fifth grade science was 64.5% versus 62.7% state and 80.0% versus 63.4% in 2024–2025. Third grade math improved from 50.0% to 68.8%, moving from below state to above it. By contrast, fourth grade ELA fell to 31.3% against 61.8% state, and sixth grade ELA fell to 26.7% against 56.0% state — each down more than 30 percentage points in a single year. Fourth grade math dropped to 40.6% versus 67.3% state, and sixth grade math was 46.7% versus 56.2% state.
Simple unweighted averages across grade levels fell from 61.8 to 53.0 overall, with ELA down 14.1 points and math down only 1.9 points; science also declined but remained above state. Chronic absenteeism was 38.4% in 2025–2026, and the student–teacher ratio was 13.8 in 2024–2025. Per-student spending of $7,663 dates to 2018–2019, and free/reduced lunch information is not available, so economic context is missing here. With only one school and small grade-level groups, year-to-year swings may reflect small cohorts as much as instructional change, and more years of data would help separate a trend from volatility.
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