Avon Lake Schools Release Quality Profile

AVON LAKE, OH - The school district has released its annual Quality Profile, an alternative metric for gauging a school's success. The report touts Avon Lake High School's high placement in both US News & World Report and Newsweek rankings.

The district would prefer parents use the Quality Profile to judge the district's success, versus the recently issued and controversial Ohio Department of Education Report Cards. Avon Lake received an 'F' in the category of 'Progress' and two 'Ds' in Gap Closing and K-3 Literacy.

The district's Curriculum Director Natalie Fior said in a statement that, "Our K-3 Literacy grade would suggest that our students are struggling to read when in reality 100 percent of our third grade students met the requirements of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee to move onto fourth grade."

Fior also said that, "Our 2015 Valued Added Grade was an A, our 2016 Value Added Grade is an F. Our teachers, students, and curriculum are the same; it is the tests and passing standards that have changed..."

You can see Avon Lake's entire state report card here.

The district point instead to the Quality Profile as being a better metric of its schools' performance.

The profile highlights that the Class of 2016 received more than $15 million in scholarships, averaged about 25 in all categories of the ACT, and averaged 601 on the math portion of the SAT, and 568 on the reading portion.

This year the district also has six National Merit Semifinalists competing for scholarships, and is offering 17 Advance Placement courses to students.

The profile further breaks down the various extracurricular offerings available at each schools and touts various academic achievements. You can see the entire report here.