The Troy City Schools are one of the top districts in the region and Ohio, based on the Ohio Department of Education’s state report cards, which were released Monday. 

 

The ODEW gave each district 1-5 stars (1 being the lowest, 5 being the highest) in each of six categories: Achievement, Gap Closing, Progress, Graduation, Early Literacy and College, Career, Workforce and Military Readiness. The ODE also gave each district an overall score, also based on the 1-5 star system.

 

Overall, the Troy City Schools earned 4.5 stars.

 

The district scored five stars in Progress and Gap Closing, while scoring four stars in Achievement and Gap Closing.

 

The district’s performance index is the highest it has ever been at 93.7. This calculation is based on the level of performance on the tests by students, with higher points received when students perform at advanced and accelerated levels. 

 

“This is definitely a credit to all of our students,” Troy City Schools Superintendent Chris Piper said. “They are showing up every day ready to learn and grow. We are incredibly proud of the work they’ve put in. We believe our district is an excellent place for students to learn, and these scores reflect that.

 

“We also are so thankful to have an outstanding staff who are helping our students succeed. This is obviously a sign of how hard our teachers are working with our students. It also shows we have tremendous staff members who help put students in a position to succeed, whether it be by administering our school buildings, transporting our students to and from school, feeding our students, keeping our students healthy or keeping our students warm, safe and dry.”

 

The district’s highest score came in Progress, which is a measure of how students in the district scored compared to prior years. According to ODE, “Progress looks closely at the growth all students are making based on their past state test performances. The Progress Component measures the academic performance of students compared to expected growth on Ohio’s State Tests. This calculation uses a ‘value-added’ model of measuring academic growth that compares the change in achievement of a group of students to an expected amount of change in achievement that is based on the students’ prior achievement history.”

 

As a district, Troy placed 14th (out of 606 districts) in the state of Ohio in the Progress Category. Troy High School recorded the second-highest growth score out of more than 3,000 school buildings in the state. Troy High School had the second-highest growth score in the state last year, the third-highest growth score in 2023 and the highest growth score in 2022.

 

“We are particularly proud of the progress we’ve made,” Piper said. “We are focused on improving student learning and it’s good to see that hard work paying off. We have continued to record five stars in this category for a number of years now, and we plan to continue to make progress in this category.”

 

Compared to the 2024 report card, the district increased by one star in Gap Closing, going from four stars to five stars. According to the ODE, “The Gap Closing component shows how well schools and districts are meeting the performance expectations for students in English language arts, math and graduation. It also measures how well schools and districts are reducing chronic absenteeism, supporting English learners to increase language proficiency, identifying gifted students and providing gifted services to those gifted students.”

 

“We have a large number of unique learners in our district, and it is a testament to the hard work being done by our staff members that we were able to record five stars in this category,” Piper said. “We want to be sure we are providing a high-quality education to all of our students.” 

 

Piper said the hard work by students and staff will continue throughout the district. 

 

“The mission of the Troy City Schools is to empower students to dream big, work hard and succeed,” he said. “We are confident we have the staff in place to do just that.”