Posted August 17, 200618 yr By selliott | Tuesday, August 15, 2006, 03:47 PM Here’s how the Miami Valley’s 60 school districts ranked for “performance index score,” a state statistic that gauges test performance across all grade levels: No. 1 Oakwood 108.6 No. 2 Mason 108.5 No. 3 Centerville 105.4 No. 4 Botkins 105.4 No. 5 Russia 105.2 No. 6 Sugarcreek 104.7 No. 7 Kings 104.4 No. 8 Vandalia-Butler 104.3 No. 9 Springboro 103.9 No. 10 Anna 103.8 No. 11 Fort Loramie 103.8 No. 12 Tipp City 103.7 No. 13 Beavercreek 103.6 No. 14 Northmont 103.4 No. 15 Versailles 102.3 No. 16 Cedar Cliff 101.7 No. 17 Wayne 101.3 No. 18 Yellow Springs 100.8 No. 19 Newton 100.6 No. 20 Kettering 100.5 No. 21 Little Miami 100.5 No. 22 Miamisburg 100.4 No. 23 Franklin Monroe 100.2 No. 24 Lebanon 99.9 No. 25 Milton-Union 99.8 No. 26 Brookville 99.8 No. 27 Troy 99.4 No. 28 Arcanum 99.2 No. 29 Covington 99.1 No. 30 Valley View 98.7 No. 31 Tri-County North 98.4 No. 32 Miami East 98.2 No. 33 Bethel 97.9 No. 34 Greeneview 97.3 No. 35 New Lebanon 96.5 No. 36 Huber Heights 96 No. 37 Hardin-Houston 95.8 No. 38 Fairlawn 95.7 No. 39 Eaton 95.1 No. 40 Ansonia 94.7 No. 41 Piqua 94.2 No. 42 Mad River 94.1 No. 43 Carlisle 94.1 No. 44 Sidney 94 No. 45 Twin Valley 93.7 No. 46 National Trail 92.4 No. 47 Franklin 92 No. 48 West Carrollton 91.7 No. 49 Preble Shawnee 91.7 No. 50 Fairborn 91.4 No. 51 Greenville 91.3 No. 52 Xenia 91.2 No. 53 Mississinawa Valley 90.6 No. 54 Jackson Center 90 No. 55 Tri-Village 89.9 No. 56 Northridge 87.7 No. 57 Bradford 86.2 No. 58 Trotwood-Madison 82.7 No. 59 Jefferson Township 75.5 No. 60 Dayton 73.2 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/education/entries/2006/08/15/miami_valley_sc_3.html
August 17, 200618 yr While Dayton's score still looks pretty bad, DPS superintendent Percy Mack should be commended for the outstanding progress that has been made under his leadership. Dayton Politics has an entry about the progress that DPS has made here (although I think daytonpolitics.com is really trying to make something out of nothing with a headline of "Is the Dayton Daily News racist or just anti-Dayton?")
August 17, 200618 yr My alma mater comes in at #3, must have gone down from #1 after my big brain and I left!
August 17, 200618 yr No. 1 Oakwood 108.6 No. 2 Mason 108.5 No. 3 Centerville 105.4 No. 4 Botkins 105.4 No. 5 Russia 105.2 No. 6 Sugarcreek 104.7 No. 7 Kings 104.4 No. 8 Vandalia-Butler 104.3 No. 9 Springboro 103.9 No. 10 Anna 103.8 This is the top 10. Of all these, except one, they are all rural communities (Botkins!) or affluent suburban areas (mostly on the fringe of the urbanized area , except for Oakwood). Vandalia is the only one thats not like this..thats more of a middle class area. And I have no idea where the "Kings" school district is. The interesting thing here is that the school districts that used to have good reputations ...Northmont and Yellow Springs, rank lower on the list.
August 17, 200618 yr Kings is Kings Mill/Mason/Deerfield area schools. Also, none of this is a surprise (though I agree with dfly on Percy Mack's commitment). "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 18, 200618 yr botkins is enormous compared to Russia (pronounced rue-she) that place is TINY...but hey..at least they have good schools
August 18, 200618 yr When I first saw how low my home school district, Mad River Local, was on the list I felt ashamed, but then I remembered how we kicked C-J's ass on the football field my Senior year so now I feel much more gooder. Go Indians! I wonder how this list compares to a "Percentage of Non-African-Americans" or an "Average Household Income" list. I suspect it would look about the same with Trotwood-Madison and Dayton keeping it real at the bottom of the lists.
August 18, 200618 yr botkins is enormous compared to Russia (pronounced rue-she) that place is TINY...but hey..at least they have good schools I wonder what accounts for these rural districts having such high scores.
August 19, 200618 yr botkins is enormous compared to Russia (pronounced rue-she) that place is TINY...but hey..at least they have good schools I wonder what accounts for these rural districts having such high scores. Since my mom was a teacher at one of these type of districts (Marion Local), I'm inclined to say the teachers ;-) Really, I think it has to to do with the size of the size of the district and the size of the classes. I'd be willing to bet that at these smaller districts, the superintendent is more in touch and has a better relationship with the students than a building principal would have with the students in a larger district. These smaller class sizes also allow for stronger relationships between classmates, teachers, administrators, and parents. Also, I'd guess that there are less economically disadvantaged students, less special needs students, and less unruliness. But most importantly, I think it comes down to parents and strong families. Growing up there always seemed to be an emphasis by parents on strong work ethics, being successful, and not causing problems in schools--which everyone seems to give credit to the German settlers of the area for this. For example, looking at southern Mercer and Auglaize counties schools--all farming areas with strong German heritage--all are rated as excellent...and all of these schools are very similar to northern Shelby County schools, such as Anna, Botkins, Fort Loramie, and Russia. District Name County Rating Celina Mercer Effective Coldwater Mercer Excellent Fort Recovery Mercer Excellent Marion Local Mercer Excellent Parkway Mercer Effective St Henry Mercer Excellent Minster Auglaize Excellent New Bremen Auglaize Excellent New Knoxville Auglaize Excellent St Marys Auglaize Excellent Wapakoneta Auglaize Effective Wnsfld-Goshen Auglaize Effective
August 19, 200618 yr When I first saw how low my home school district, Mad River Local, was on the list I felt ashamed, but then I remembered how we kicked C-J's ass on the football field my Senior year so now I feel much more gooder. 1 out of 4 years isn't bad. I mean, coming from Mad River Local school district, that's pretty high standards. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 19, 200618 yr ^When it comes to Stebbins Football, you take what you can get. I don't think the Indians have fielded a decent team since 1995.
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