Pathfinder Career Academy of Ohio

The area summary for Pathfinder Career Academy of Ohio includes only one school: Pathfinder Career Academy of Ohio, a high school serving grades 6–12 with 442 students in Columbus, Ohio, within the Pathfinder Career Academy of Ohio district. There is no side-by-side comparison with other local schools in this data set, but the school ranks in the bottom few percent of Ohio districts: district rank 750th of 773 (3rd percentile, 0 stars) and 2025–2026 rank history 780th of 795 (2nd percentile, 0 stars).

Across 13 Ohio State Tests in 2025–2026 and 2024–2025, every listed test is below the state average in both years. In 2025–2026, the highest proficiency is American Government at 43.5% (state 71.6%), followed by ELA 6 at 33.3% and American History at 29.9%; the lowest is Geometry at 6.3%, and no test reaches 50% proficiency. The largest gaps to the state are Algebra I (-50.6 points), Biology (-50.4), English II (-48.1), and Mathematics 6 (-47.9). The unweighted average is about 20.2% proficient versus a state average of about 59.6%, a gap of about -39.3 points, improving from about 16.6% versus 58.2% and a gap of about -41.5 points in 2024–2025.

Most subjects improved year over year: 10 of 13 tests gained. The biggest gains are ELA 6 (+19.0 points, from 14.3% to 33.3%), Mathematics 8 (+10.2, from 6.5% to 16.7%), Algebra I (+6.9), ELA 8 (+6.1), and ELA 7 (+5.4). The declines are English II (-11.0, from 25.6% to 14.6%), American History (-1.8), and Science 8 (-0.3). English II is the biggest warning sign, with its gap to the state widening from about -34.8 to -48.1 points; ELA 6 is the clearest bright spot, with its gap narrowing from about -40.2 to -22.7 points. Chronic absenteeism is 16.5%, or roughly 1 in 6 students, and the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio is 18.4. Overall, the school shows meaningful improvement in several middle-grade subjects, but proficiency remains far below Ohio averages; its strongest relative area is American Government, and its most serious gaps are in Algebra I, Biology, English II, and Mathematics 6.