Summary:
There is only one high school located in Portsmouth City, Ohio - Portsmouth Junior High School/Portsmouth High School. This school serves grades 7-12 and has consistently ranked in the bottom third of Ohio high schools, with a statewide ranking of 601 out of 855 in the 2024-2025 school year.
Despite the school's low academic performance, it maintains a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 95.6% for the 2024-2025 school year. However, the school struggles with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 32.2%, which may be contributing to its low test scores. In 8th grade science, only 31.2% of students scored proficient or better, compared to the state average of 63%. The school also underperforms in math, with only 22.8% and 31.8% of 7th and 8th graders, respectively, scoring proficient or better, compared to state averages around 50%.
The school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $9,639, slightly below the state average. It has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.2 for the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting adequate staffing resources. Overall, the data indicates that Portsmouth City is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students, and addressing the root causes of the low test scores and high chronic absenteeism could be crucial for improving the school's performance.
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