2023-2024 Ohio Community Schools Annual Report, July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024

Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. 25 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. Tel: 877-644-6338; e-mail: contact.center@education.ohio.gov; Web site: https://education.ohio.gov/

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Community Schools; School Effectiveness; Compliance (Legal); Educational Finance; Money Management; Dropout Prevention; Academic Standards; Achievement Rating; Accountability; Nontraditional Education; Elementary Secondary Education

Ohio has a long history of providing a range of educational opportunities for students, and public community schools offer various instructional models and curricula that contribute to these educational options. Designed to operate independently of a traditional school district, Ohio community schools are authorized by an approved community school sponsor. During the 2023-2024 school year, 19 sponsoring organizations authorized 336 community schools that enrolled nearly 117,000 students. This report addresses the performance of Ohio's community schools in five key areas: (1) Effectiveness of academic programs; (2) School operations; (3) Performance of sponsors; (4) Legal compliance; and (5) Financial condition. Key findings for the 2023-2024 school year show that 98.75% of dropout prevention and recovery community schools met or exceeded overall standards, more than half of non-dropout prevention and recovery community schools met or exceeded the standard for the Gap Closing component, and more than half of non-dropout prevention and recovery community schools received overall ratings of three stars or better.

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