Mahoning Valley charter schools perform poorly on state tests

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown Community School is the only Mahoning Valley charter school to score above the state average on any area of the most-recently released state report cards.

Of the school’s students who took the third-grade math test, 77.6 percent scored proficient or above. The state average was 68.1 percent.

The Ohio Department of Education released preliminary data last month for the new standardized tests administered last spring.

In every other category, which covered math, English language arts, science and social studies, the Valley’s community, or charter schools as they’re more commonly known, fared far below the state average.

That contrasts with the Valley’s public district schools, where most students scored above the state average in all categories. Youngstown City Schools was the exception, however, scoring below the state average in every category.

Youngstown Community School scored below average in the other grades and subject areas.

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