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Winton Woods retains mixed Ohio report card ratings; district outlines literacy and attendance strategies
Summary
Winton Woods City Schools maintained a 2.5 overall rating on the Ohio report card with notable gains in early literacy and graduation, while officials highlighted chronic absenteeism and curriculum fidelity as barriers to further improvement.
Winton Woods City Schools presented its newly released Ohio report card and a multi-part plan to address lower-performing areas, including early literacy and math.
Dr. Adrian Martin and Dr. Tamara Ragland led the student achievement presentation. At the district level Winton Woods scored 2 stars for achievement and progress, 3 stars for gap closing and graduation, and 2 stars for early literacy; the district's performance index percentage for achievement was reported at 57.8% (performance index score 63.4). The high school's graduation rate was reported at 92.7% (four- and five-year rates combined), and the district noted a 58.3% early-literacy weighted percent, up from about 53.7 last year.
Presenters gave grade-by-grade proficiency figures (for example, third-grade ELA 41.0%, third-grade math 51.5%; middle- and high-school subject-level percentages varied) and explained how the Ohio report card's six components are calculated. Staff emphasized the district's adoption of new high-quality instructional materials (including Savvas for ELA and Zearn for math), literacy coaches, reading improvement plans, an MTSS structure, and targeted tutoring programs (Exact Path, SuccessMaker, Spire, YouFly, and partnerships with third-party tutors).
Board members pressed staff on chronic absenteeism, linguistic barriers (noting about 40% of families speak a language other than English at home), and space constraints for interventions. Dr. Ragland said reading improvement plans will follow students across years and that the district is piloting translation-enabled instructional platforms to reduce language barriers. The board scheduled further review and discussion at the next work session.
"Winton Woods City Schools maintained a 2.5 rating," one presenter said, and staff described specific school-level star results: early childhood central campus (ECC) improved notably, the high school earned 3 stars for college/career readiness, and several schools showed stability or improvement. The district said it will continue monthly professional learning, job-embedded coaching, and progress monitoring to increase fidelity of curriculum use and improve outcomes.
