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Home > Blogs > Get on the Bus > Archives > 2006 > October > 10 > Entry

Graduating black students

By selliott | Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 06:28 AM

Four Dayton-area districts are among the 39 in Ohio in which black students make up at least 25 percent of enrollment. Which ones do the best job helping those kids achieve? Here are three measures. The districts are ranked by the percent of black students who graduate. In parenthesis, I’ve listed how each district ranks among the 39 for the pecent of 10th grade black students passing the Ohio Graduation Test in reading and math:

Reynoldsburg 100 (Reading 10, Math 1)

Richmond Heights 100 (Reading 1, Math 5)

Campbell 100 (Reading 38, Math 26)

Warrensville Heights 98.8 (Reading 21, Math 28)

South Euclid-Lyndhurst 98.4 (Reading 6, Math 2)

Jefferson Twp. 98.1 (Reading 30, Math 33)

Shaker Heights 96.8 (Reading 9, Math 11)

Maple Heights 95.8 (Reading 31, Math 36)

Liberty 93.3 (Reading 33, Math 19)

Finneytown 92.5 (Reading 13, Math 6)

Princeton 90.9 (Reading 18, Math 10)

Garfield Heights 90.9 (Reading 2, Math 20)

Trotwood-Madison 90.8 (Reading 16, Math 7)

Groveport Madison 90.5 (Reading 22, Math 14)

Whitehall 90.5 (Reading 12,Math 30)

Bedford 90.1 (Reading 4, Math 15)

Euclid 89.2 (Reading 5, Math 9)

Cleveland Heights-University Heights 88.1 (Reading 15, Math 13)

Mt Healthy 87.6 (Reading 17, Math 12)

Winton Woods 86.8 (Reading 7, Math 4)

Oberlin 86.7 (Reading 3, Math 38)

Lockland 84.6 (Reading 8, Math 3)

Springfield 84.5 (Reading 34, Math 35)

Warren 82.3 (Reading 36, Math 29)

North College Hill 80 (Reading 11, Math 16)

Akron 79.9 (Reading 25, Math 23)

Toledo 79.2 (Reading 14, Math 21)

Mansfield 78.9 (Reading 28, Math 22)

Steubenville 78.3 (Reading 37, Math 18)

Dayton 77.8 (Reading 29, Math 32)

Cincinnati 75 (Reading 19, Math 8)

Canton 73.9 (Reading 23, Math 31)

Columbus 70.7 (Reading 27, Math 25)

Lorain 70.6 (Reading 24, Math 24)

Lima 66.8 (Reading 35, Math 39)

Youngstown 64.8 (Reading 32, Math 27)

East Cleveland 63.2 (Reading 26, Math 34)

Sandusky 62.2 (Reading 20, Math 17)

Cleveland 51.2 (Reading 39, Math 37)

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