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How are our schools doing? Not too bad, according to the latest data from the State of Ohio Department of Education. All the public schools in the State of Ohio were given a “solid B” (effective rating) based on state tests results from the 2006-7 school years.

All of our local central Ohio schools did fairly well in the latest test results. For the first time, all central Ohio school districts were rated a “C” or higher. The Columbus school district (central Ohio’s largest school district) improved to “continuous improvement” over “academic watch”.

The main web site for the Ohio Department of Education is a tremendous resource for statistics, data and information on our schools. If you like to review statistics and data then you will love this post. You can research every imaginable statistic (proficiency test results, enrollment, student disciplinary actions, attendance, graduation rates, etc.) that deals with your local school district.

Survey results from our clients have shown that the condition of the school system is always one of the homebuyers top “biggest fears” when buying a home.

Below are some good links to review:

• Department of Education’s iLRC (Interactive Local Report Card)*
• Rating local central Ohio schools
• Report cards for local central Ohio schools (nice graphic)
• Central Ohio schools with the biggest improvements & declines
• The performance rating of local charter schools.
• The 10 highest and lowest rated school district in central Ohio
• Map graphic of how central Ohio school districts fared

I hope this information helps.

HomeBuyer Advocate Mike

*You will need to “uncheck” the match case box to utilize the power users reports section.  This section is also incredibly slow.