Summary
Jesup W. Scott High School is a comprehensive 9–12 high school at 2400 Collingwood Blvd in Toledo, Ohio, serving 754 students in the Toledo City district, making it the second-largest of the nearby comprehensive high schools examined, behind Waite High School.
The central fact about Scott is its long-stable position near the bottom of Ohio's statewide rankings: across ten years of history, it has never earned a star and has never risen above the 9th percentile. In 2025–2026, average proficiency across six End-of-Course subjects was roughly 26%, compared with about 35% for its own district and about 63% statewide. It is below district averages in every tested subject. Social studies and biology are relatively stronger (Government 37.9%, History 34.0%, Biology 33.1%), while English II (17.9%) and math (Algebra I 18.9%, Geometry 16.6%) are weakest. Compared with nearby comprehensive high schools Woodward High School and Waite High School, Scott has higher graduation, lower absenteeism, and better Algebra I and Geometry, but trails both on English II, reinforcing literacy as its distinctive weakness.
There is real improvement on engagement and completion. Chronic absenteeism fell from 69.9% in 2021–2022 to 49.7% in 2025–2026, a 20.2-point drop, and graduation rose from 62.5% to 74.6% over the same period, though both remain below district averages. Test scores have improved unevenly: Government, Biology, and History gained, while English II slipped from 21.6% to 17.9% in the latest year. Among student groups, homeless students performed at the 53rd and 38th percentiles in recent years—well above the school's overall 5th percentile—while special education students rank at the 1st percentile (569th of 575), the sharpest and most consistent weakness. For context, same-district Toledo Technology Academy of Engineering High School and Toledo Pre-Medical and Health Science Academy rank at the 96th and 71st percentiles, showing that the district contains both very high- and very low-performing schools. Spending and staffing at Scott are comparable to or better than nearby schools, so the challenges appear instructional and structural rather than purely financial.
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