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Horizon Science Academy Lorain

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12
1278th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,558 Ohio Alternative Schools
Better than 18% of Ohio alternative schools
Summary

Horizon Science Academy Lorain is a public charter school serving 815 students in grades K-12 in Lorain, Ohio. The school has consistently maintained high graduation rates, ranging from 97% to 100% over the past 5 years, but has also faced challenges with chronic absenteeism, which has fluctuated between 21.8% and 33.8% during the same period.

Horizon Science Academy Lorain's performance is mixed. The school excels in subjects like American Government and American History, with proficiency rates well above the state average, but struggles in core subjects like Mathematics and English Language Arts, where proficiency rates often fall short of the state average. Compared to nearby schools, such as Garfield Elementary School and Robinson G Jones Elementary School, Horizon Science Academy Lorain generally outperforms these schools on state assessments, particularly in Mathematics and English Language Arts. However, the nearby schools also serve a high-need population, with similar free and reduced lunch rates.

Horizon Science Academy Lorain's spending per student, at $7,520 (2018-2019 data), is lower than the state average, which may contribute to the challenges it faces in academic performance. The school's relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 15.3 to 16.9 in recent years, suggests it has the potential to improve outcomes through more targeted interventions and support for its students. Overall, Horizon Science Academy Lorain is a public charter school that has achieved exceptional graduation rates but faces ongoing challenges in academic performance, particularly in core subjects.

839
Students ?
16.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,594
Per pupil spending ?
77.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 760 Tower Blvd
       Lorain, OH  44052-5223

(440) 282-4277

District: Horizon Science Academy Lorain

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
50.8%
African American:
19.5%
White:
18.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 57th percentile in 2024 → 41st in 2025
Strengths
100% graduate within 4 years
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (43% vs 60% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped from its 57th-percentile peak (2024) to 41st (2025)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school43%
Ohio avg60%
Elementary school
1,278th of 1,558
Ohio public elementary schools ?
Bottom 18%▼ down 6 pts since 2015
From bottom 24% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
693rd of 1,036
Ohio public middle schools ?
Bottom 33%▲ up 4 pts since 2015
From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 33% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
506th of 855
Ohio public high schools ?
Bottom 41%▲ up 20 pts since 2015
From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 41% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Ohio High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202518.81278 of 155818.0%★☆☆☆☆
202419.51260 of 157720.1%★☆☆☆☆
202319.81261 of 159621.0%★☆☆☆☆
202217.41270 of 158820.0%★☆☆☆☆
202117.21258 of 161021.9%★☆☆☆☆
201939.51135 of 167632.3%★★☆☆☆
201823.31286 of 163621.4%★☆☆☆☆
201726.91254 of 165124.0%★☆☆☆☆
201624.11289 of 167823.2%★☆☆☆☆
201528.61283 of 168423.8%★☆☆☆☆
201449.31089 of 168735.4%★★☆☆☆
201344.71167 of 170131.4%★★☆☆☆
201236.01283 of 170924.9%★☆☆☆☆
201120.11426 of 168615.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202515.0569 of 6157.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202427.9449 of 60325.5%★☆☆☆☆
202337.9357 of 61041.5%★★☆☆☆
202229.9419 of 60130.3%★★☆☆☆
202135.4299 of 53343.9%★★☆☆☆
201974.9105 of 60582.6%★★★★☆
201841.4351 of 59841.3%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202216.4771 of 8246.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202538.2182 of 28135.2%★★☆☆☆
202435.0174 of 25832.6%★★☆☆☆
202325.3189 of 23920.9%★☆☆☆☆
202245.6113 of 21346.9%★★☆☆☆
202116.1160 of 18312.6%★☆☆☆☆
201924.0142 of 16916.0%★☆☆☆☆
201813.8164 of 1745.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202514.81249 of 145214.0%★☆☆☆☆
202415.31236 of 146615.7%★☆☆☆☆
202315.61221 of 148317.7%★☆☆☆☆
202213.91249 of 148816.1%★☆☆☆☆
202111.71232 of 146716.0%★☆☆☆☆
201925.81177 of 150221.6%★☆☆☆☆
201814.71313 of 151813.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202536.1165 of 25936.3%★★☆☆☆
202430.1170 of 23427.4%★☆☆☆☆
202327.0168 of 23327.9%★☆☆☆☆
202226.6157 of 21627.3%★☆☆☆☆
202121.7149 of 18921.2%★☆☆☆☆
201949.1112 of 22850.9%★★★☆☆
201832.9170 of 23928.9%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202522.21198 of 147318.7%★☆☆☆☆
202423.71169 of 148421.2%★☆☆☆☆
202325.91107 of 144723.5%★☆☆☆☆
202222.51103 of 141922.3%★☆☆☆☆
202121.01079 of 140423.1%★☆☆☆☆
201953.8775 of 146547.1%★★☆☆☆
201831.91114 of 146524.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202518.91195 of 146618.5%★☆☆☆☆
202420.21192 of 148519.7%★☆☆☆☆
202318.11215 of 149818.9%★☆☆☆☆
202214.31266 of 151816.6%★☆☆☆☆
202113.31222 of 149918.5%★☆☆☆☆
201954.3849 of 153544.7%★★☆☆☆
201831.01146 of 153625.4%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20256.8213 of 2182.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.9161 of 18312.0%★☆☆☆☆
20229.5149 of 1628.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202317.1790 of 8567.7%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202510.61091 of 11757.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.11048 of 119011.9%★☆☆☆☆
202317.51066 of 121512.3%★☆☆☆☆
20229.81141 of 12428.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.31166 of 12496.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201927.31057 of 127116.8%★☆☆☆☆
201822.81105 of 130915.6%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202534.4693 of 103633.1%★★☆☆☆
202432.1712 of 104631.9%★★☆☆☆
202338.1675 of 104835.6%★★☆☆☆
202238.5660 of 101735.1%★★☆☆☆
202129.6709 of 103731.6%★★☆☆☆
201952.5583 of 105044.5%★★☆☆☆
201845.2626 of 101038.0%★★☆☆☆
201742.7650 of 103837.4%★★☆☆☆
201645.3637 of 105039.3%★★☆☆☆
201534.1730 of 103529.5%★☆☆☆☆
201452.1642 of 100836.3%★★☆☆☆
201340.3721 of 100128.0%★☆☆☆☆
201251.0645 of 98934.8%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202546.4208 of 44252.9%★★★☆☆
202445.4191 of 42955.5%★★★☆☆
202360.8130 of 43670.2%★★★★☆
202244.2192 of 41353.5%★★★☆☆
202154.7132 of 38565.7%★★★☆☆
201848.6174 of 38454.7%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202356.342 of 11362.8%★★★☆☆
202253.140 of 11063.6%★★★☆☆
202113.4126 of 1346.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202528.2694 of 93826.0%★☆☆☆☆
202430.8674 of 94228.5%★☆☆☆☆
202331.0664 of 94329.6%★☆☆☆☆
202232.5652 of 92529.5%★☆☆☆☆
202119.7701 of 91023.0%★☆☆☆☆
201939.2637 of 91730.5%★★☆☆☆
201834.1646 of 89728.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202546.9142 of 26245.8%★★☆☆☆
202436.2149 of 23937.7%★★☆☆☆
202341.9147 of 24941.0%★★☆☆☆
202241.7145 of 24741.3%★★☆☆☆
202127.7166 of 22827.2%★☆☆☆☆
201960.778 of 22264.9%★★★☆☆
201860.961 of 19268.2%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202539.8627 of 98336.2%★★☆☆☆
202439.8635 of 98935.8%★★☆☆☆
202348.4516 of 97447.0%★★☆☆☆
202248.6497 of 94747.5%★★☆☆☆
202138.1586 of 92336.5%★★☆☆☆
201966.5300 of 94568.3%★★★☆☆
201857.7424 of 92454.1%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202533.9663 of 95430.5%★★☆☆☆
202425.1712 of 95825.7%★☆☆☆☆
202336.1641 of 96333.4%★★☆☆☆
202235.4631 of 94633.3%★★☆☆☆
202129.6653 of 92429.3%★☆☆☆☆
201960.6403 of 93356.8%★★★☆☆
201848.3538 of 91641.3%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202327.6184 of 24524.9%★☆☆☆☆
202238.1149 of 23937.7%★★☆☆☆
202134.2147 of 21932.9%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202535.2354 of 57238.1%★★☆☆☆
202420.6512 of 5639.1%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202533.6564 of 77727.4%★☆☆☆☆
202435.2560 of 79529.6%★☆☆☆☆
202331.1611 of 80524.1%★☆☆☆☆
202210.9739 of 8098.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202135.2548 of 78129.8%★☆☆☆☆
201947.4460 of 79642.2%★★☆☆☆
201841.3497 of 78136.4%★★☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202546.5506 of 85540.8%★★☆☆☆
202456.8375 of 86456.6%★★★☆☆
202330.9618 of 86728.7%★☆☆☆☆
202237.1567 of 83632.2%★★☆☆☆
202151.4399 of 81951.3%★★★☆☆
201961.3316 of 83662.2%★★★☆☆
201855.6382 of 80052.3%★★★☆☆
201737.1538 of 77330.4%★★☆☆☆
201641.6563 of 78428.2%★☆☆☆☆
201534.3616 of 77820.8%★☆☆☆☆
201442.8587 of 76923.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202165.177 of 28472.9%★★★★☆
201972.869 of 30377.2%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202537.1580 of 80928.3%★☆☆☆☆
202448.5476 of 79840.4%★★☆☆☆
202326.3629 of 81322.6%★☆☆☆☆
202237.6543 of 79431.6%★★☆☆☆
202143.1484 of 77537.5%★★☆☆☆
201956.6422 of 78146.0%★★☆☆☆
201836.6538 of 75128.4%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202555.8135 of 27050.0%★★★☆☆
202475.355 of 27379.9%★★★★☆
202339.2174 of 27035.6%★★☆☆☆
202247.5142 of 26045.4%★★☆☆☆
202164.975 of 23968.6%★★★☆☆
201967.469 of 20766.7%★★★☆☆
201860.176 of 18458.7%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202558.6370 of 81554.6%★★★☆☆
202473.0167 of 82279.7%★★★★☆
202343.1502 of 80537.6%★★☆☆☆
202248.8428 of 77344.6%★★☆☆☆
202168.1177 of 76376.8%★★★★☆
201976.5102 of 77986.9%★★★★☆
201865.3195 of 75874.3%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202553.7439 of 81746.3%★★☆☆☆
202464.8309 of 81662.1%★★★☆☆
202334.6575 of 81929.8%★☆☆☆☆
202231.2595 of 80826.4%★☆☆☆☆
202146.1445 of 77842.8%★★☆☆☆
201960.1349 of 79255.9%★★★☆☆
201854.8325 of 76357.4%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202547.1450 of 74839.8%★★☆☆☆
202158.2298 of 72759.0%★★★☆☆
201961.9295 of 73960.1%★★★☆☆
201840.4434 of 71839.6%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Hispanic (2025)36th percentile+18 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)35th percentile+17 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile~ school
Male (2025)18th percentile~ school
Female (2025)14th percentile-4 vs school
Special Education (2023)8th percentile-13 vs school
African American (2025)7th percentile-10 vs school
White (2025)7th percentile-11 vs school
Disabled (2022)6th percentile-14 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)2nd percentile-16 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2023)63rd percentile+27 vs school
African American (2025)53rd percentile+20 vs school
Hispanic (2025)46th percentile+13 vs school
Special Education (2025)38th percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)36th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)31st percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)27th percentile-6 vs school
Female (2025)26th percentile-7 vs school
Multi-racial (2023)25th percentile-11 vs school
High school
African American (2021)73rd percentile+22 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)55th percentile+14 vs school
Hispanic (2025)50th percentile+9 vs school
Male (2025)46th percentile+5 vs school
White (2025)40th percentile~ school
Female (2025)28th percentile-13 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?
American Government81%+8 vs state
American History77%+6 vs state
English II62%~ state avg
Biology60%-5 vs state
Science42%-21 vs state
English Language Arts42%-18 vs state
Algebra I40%-19 vs state
Geometry31%-12 vs state
Mathematics28%-29 vs state

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Horizon Science Academy Lorain ranks in the bottom 18.0% of Ohio alternative schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 839 students attended Horizon Science Academy Lorain.

Students at Horizon Science Academy Lorain are 51% Hispanic, 20% African American, 18% White, 11% Two or more races.


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