Summary:
Par Excellence Academy dba Par Excellence STEM Academy is the sole elementary school serving grades K-6 in the Par Excellence Academy dba Par Excellence STEM Academy district in Newark, Ohio. With a total enrollment of 189 students, this public charter school has consistently outperformed the state average on Ohio State Tests, particularly in science, mathematics, and English language arts.
The school's academic performance is a standout, with 5th-grade science proficiency rates reaching 80% in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to the state average of 63.4%. While the school's statewide ranking has fluctuated, it has maintained a relatively high ranking, reaching as high as 448 out of 1,596 Ohio elementary schools in the 2022-2023 school year. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 35.3% in the 2024-2025 school year is higher than the state average, which may be an area of concern that the school should address.
Other key metrics for Par Excellence Academy dba Par Excellence STEM Academy include a student-teacher ratio of 22.5 in the 2023-2024 school year and a spending per student of $7,663 in the 2018-2019 school year. While the school's academic performance is impressive, the lack of data on the school's free and reduced lunch rates makes it difficult to fully assess the socioeconomic composition of the student population and how that may be influencing the school's performance.
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