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Willoughby, OH schools

Willoughby’s public schools score close to Ohio’s averages: 58% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 93% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend Edison Elementary School or Grant Elementary School through grade 5, then Willoughby Middle School and South High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade #509Best schools in OH (of 621)#294Highest graduation rate in OH (of 895)

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Willoughby’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Willoughby’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 53% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

B-Test scoresB+Graduation

Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 53%

Lower resultsHigher results

Ohio towns with similar household incomes (1,421)Better than 32%

High confidence. Built on 3,704 tested students and a graduating class of 636; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Ohio’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Ohio only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Ohio with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.