Summary:
The Lorain Bilingual Preparatory Academy district is a single-school district in Lorain, Ohio, home to one school serving 248 students in grades K–8. Because there is only one school — Lorain Bilingual Preparatory Academy — there is no school-to-school comparison to make; everything below describes that one building. One label quirk matters: the school is counted as elementary with 0 middle schools reported, even though it serves K–8 and reports state test results for grades 5 through 8.
Where the school shines: 4th grade English language arts is its strongest result, at 65.5% proficient versus a state figure of 61.8% — the only one of 14 assessments in 2025-2026 where the school beat the state. Fourth grade math (58.6% vs 67.3%) and 6th grade math (52.0% vs 56.2%) are the two narrowest math gaps, and 3rd grade ELA (57.1% vs 63.4%) is near state parity. Relative rank has also climbed three years running, from the 10th to the 24th percentile, and 7 of 12 comparable grade-subject results improved, led by grades 3, 4, and 6.
Where it struggles: 5th grade recorded 0% proficient in math (state 59.1%), 13.6% in science, and 22.7% in ELA, while 8th grade landed at exactly 9.1% in math, ELA, and science. Science is the largest deficit, averaging about 51 points behind the state. Across all 14 assessments the school averages about 30 points below the state, 13 of 14 fall short, and the rating remains 1 star. Chronic absenteeism of 41.3% is a school-wide headwind. The free/reduced-lunch figure is not reported — unknown, not zero — and spending data dates to 2018-2019. Small grade cohorts mean one student can shift a grade's proficiency by roughly 5–7 points, so treat single-year swings cautiously.
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