ASHLAND — Ashland City Schools received an overall score of four out of five stars — an improvement from the 3.5 for the 2023-24 school year report card.
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released the state’s school report cards Monday, which assess school districts’ achievements from the 2024-25 school year.
“All the credit is due to our wonderful staff,” Superintendent Steve Paramore said.
The 2025 scores include a new rating for the college, career, workforce, and military readiness component. It measures how well the graduating class is prepared to go on to postsecondary education, enter the workforce or join the armed forces, according to Ohio Department of Education and Workforce press release.
The other five categories are achievement, progress, gap closing, graduation and early literacy. The achievement, progress and gap closing scores rely on standardized test scores
The overall district score is broken down as:
- Achievement: Four stars
- Progress: Two stars
- Gap closing: Five stars
- Graduation: Five stars
- Early Literacy: Three stars
- College, career, workforce and military readiness: Three stars
The progress score saw no improvement from last year. The progress component measures the academic growth of all students based on their advancements on state tests compared to the expected progress.
Paramore attributes the college, career and workforce and military readiness score to the ample opportunities for students to gain professional experience.
He said that includes internships, college credit plus programs and opportunities for students to attend Heartland Technical Education Center.
“The mindset in our district is constant improvement,” Paramore said.
| Edison Elementary | Reagan Elementary | Taft Intermediate | Ashland Middle School | Ashland High School | |
| Achievement | ⭐️⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| Progress | Not applicable | Not applicable | ⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️ |
| Gap Closing | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| Graduation | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| Early Literacy | ⭐️⭐️ | ⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| College, Career and workforce readiness | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | ⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| Overall score | 3.5 | 5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
The district has a chronic absenteeism rate of 15.8%, which accounts for students who miss 10% or more of the school year.
Overall, chronic absenteeism is declining: 2025 marks the lowest chronic absenteeism rate since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release.
All Ashland County schools that received typical report cards achieved overall district scores of four, meaning they exceeded state expectations for performance.
More than 90% of all Ohio districts earned overall ratings of three stars or higher, according to a press release.
Statewide math achievement has reached its highest level in five years, with improvement in math proficiency in nearly all grade levels.
