Canfield, Maplewood schools make top 20 in state in Performance Index

CANFIELD

Canfield School District is closing in on its goal of cracking the state’s top 10 in Performance Index score.

The district ranked No. 16 on the list released last week for the 2014-15 school year as part of the Ohio school report cards with 104.555. Performance Index shows how many students passed the test.

“Our goal by 2017 is to be in the top 10 in the state using PI as our index,” said Superintendent Alex Geordan. “That’s addressing each individual student’s needs and driving them at their ability level.”

Only Maplewood schools outranked Canfield among Mahoning Valley school districts. Maplewood ranked No. 15 with 104.754.

The Ohio Department of Education didn’t rank districts by PI this year because of Safe Harbor provisions. Those provisions prevent consequences on districts, teachers or students tied to results of state tests through the 2016-17 school years.

Canfield and Maplewood superintendents confirmed their district’s respective rankings.

Both districts earned B’s in the Performance Index measure. They were the only Valley districts ranked among the state’s top 20.

Only six school districts earned A’s in Performance Index.

Read more about the results in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.