Perrysburg schools earn 5‑star district rating on Ohio report card

Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools reported a five‑star overall rating on the Ohio Department of Education’s 2025 state report card during the Sept. 22 board meeting. Superintendent Dr. Anstead and district assessment staff said the district was one of 47 of Ohio’s more than 600 districts to earn the top overall rating this year and that Perrysburg ranked 25th statewide on total points.

District officials ran through component scores and noted two changes in the state calculation this year that affected some component ratings. Curriculum and assessment leaders said Perrysburg’s overall performance index rose to 103.5 — the district’s highest this decade — and that district progress and growth measures placed Perrysburg among the top districts statewide for student growth.

Why it matters: The report card is a high‑level summary the state uses to show district performance across multiple measures including achievement, progress, gap closing, early literacy, graduation and postsecondary readiness. Perryburg’s five‑star overall rating signals strong aggregate results, but administrators cautioned that a five‑star overall rating does not mean the district scored the maximum in every component.

Details from the presentation: Curriculum staff outlined several component scores and context: - Achievement and graduation: Officials said Perrysburg’s achievement and graduation rates remain high; graduation was reported at about 98.1 percent and the performance index earned a top percentile score used to calculate the achievement component. - Progress/value added: The district reported a positive value‑added effect size and said it ranked sixth in the state for progress among districts reported in the presentation; officials noted additional detailed progress data would be available in October when teacher‑ and student‑level files are released by the state. - Early literacy and calculation changes: District staff explained that changes to the early literacy calculation — including new thresholds for which kindergarten students are counted toward the measure and a change in how retention and promotion are applied — contributed to a drop in the early literacy component to three stars for the district; district staff said under the prior method the same data would have generated a higher star rating. - Postsecondary readiness: The district said its college, career, workforce and military readiness (CCWMR) component improved to about 80.3 percent and that Perrysburg compared favorably with its “most similar” 20 districts.

Administration plans: Teaching and learning leaders said they would hold three public sessions (two in October, one in November) for a deeper look into achievement, early literacy and progress/gap‑closing metrics once the full state and teacher‑level data sets are available.

Public and board reaction: Board members and the superintendent praised staff and students for the results while noting areas for continued improvement such as early literacy and parts of the progress calculation. The curriculum team emphasized that the new state reporting rules make year‑to‑year comparisons less straightforward and said district leaders will present “apples‑to‑apples” comparisons where possible at follow‑up sessions.

Presenters: Mr. Schwartzmiller and Mr. Sarns (district assessment and curriculum leads) presented the dashboard and answered board questions about cohort and subject‑level breakdowns, which the board requested for future sessions.