Summary:
Preble Shawnee Local is a small Ohio district with three schools — one elementary serving PK–4, one middle school serving grades 5–8, and one high school serving grades 9–12 — with a total listed enrollment of about 1,237 students. The district overall is rated 546th of 773, 29th percentile, 1 star, but that single rating masks real differences among the three schools: the middle school ranks highest at the 44th percentile, the elementary school sits at the 37th percentile, and the high school has slipped to the 28th percentile with 1 star.
The Preble Shawnee Middle School is the district's academic bright spot and the only school whose rank improved over the past three years (39th to 44th percentile). Its standout result is Algebra I, where 91.7% of students were proficient versus 61.6% statewide, and it also beat the state in 6th grade math (65.7% vs. 56.2%) and 7th grade math (54.1% vs. 48.6%). Its weak spots are 8th grade math (36.0% vs. 52.0%) and 8th grade science (48.6% vs. 61.2%). The Preble Shawnee Elementary School has stayed steady in the 36th–38th percentile range, with 4th grade math above state in both recent years, and has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 8.8%, well under the district's 14.3%. However, 3rd grade math, 3rd grade ELA, and 4th grade ELA all fell below state.
The Preble Shawnee High School High School graduates 97.0% of its students and beats the state in American Government (76.6% vs. 71.6%) and American History (73.3% vs. 73.2%), but its math results are a serious concern: Algebra I proficiency dropped from 42.9% to 14.7% (state 61.6%), and Geometry fell from 50.5% to 29.4% (state 43.3%). It also has the district's highest chronic absenteeism at 20.1%, against 15.7% at the middle school and 8.8% at the elementary school.
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