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Westlake School District Ranks High In State Preliminary Performance Index

Westlake City Schools ranked 37th in the state.

The Ohio Department of Education recently released a preview of new performance index rankings, placing 37th of 936 school districts and buildings.

Westlake schools earned a performance index of 107.1574— just nine points behind the the No. 1 school: Constellation Schools: Outreach Academy for Students with Disabilities, which is also in Cuyahoga County.

"Performance index is actually one component of the state report card," said Dennis Evans, Ohio Department of Education public information officer." There are other measures on the report card as well."

The performance index scores are different than those on the last report cards because this report used updated data on state testing. Scores are based on how well each student does on all tested subjects in grades three to eight on Ohio’s Achievement Assessments and on the 10th grade Ohio Graduation Test.

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Students at all levels— advanced, accelerated, proficient, basic and limited— are included. The percentage of students scoring at each level is calculated and multiplied by the point value assigned to that performance level and the levels are totaled to determine overall score.

"It's a pretty simple formula," Evans said.

Evans stressed that the rankings released so far are preliminary. The final ranking released next year will also incorporate data on the amount of money devoted to classroom instruction and opportunities provided to gifted students.

"Going forward, the ranking will be based on other criteria as well. What we released last week is actually a preview," he said.

Cuyahoga County districts ranking near the top of the state list were Constellation Schools: Outreach Academy (1), Menlo Park Academy (3), Rocky River City Schools (6), Solon City Schools (8), Chagrin Falls schools (16) and the Brecksville-Broadview Heights district (23).

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Neighboring districts also ranked well like Bay Village (32), Avon (50), Avon Lake (25) and Fairview Park (218).


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