Rewards and Recognition
Ohio districts and buildings may be recognized at the state or national level for their academic performance.
District and School Report Card Awards
2024 Overall 5-Star District Award
The Overall 5-Star District Award is awarded to districts that exceeded state standards by earning an overall 5-stars on the Traditional Report Card for their performance across the five rated components.
- Achievement Component
- Progress Component
- Gap Closing Component
- Early Literacy Component
- Graduation Component
Overall 5-Star Districts List
2024 Overall 5-Star Building Award
The Overall 5-Star Building Award is awarded to buildings that exceeded state standards by earning an overall 5-stars on the Traditional Report Card for their performance across the 5-rated components:
- Achievement Component
- Progress Component
- Gap Closing Component
- Early Literacy Component
- Graduation Component
- College, Career, Workforce and Military Readiness Component (Report Only)
Overall 5-Star Building Award List
2024 Drop Out Prevention and Recovery Exceeds Standards award
Community schools that serve a majority of their students through Dropout Prevention and Recovery Programs (DOPR) receiving the DOPR designation, are evaluated on graduation rate, achievement, gap closing, and progress in reading and mathematics. Drop Out Prevention and Recovery Program’s who exceed standards on their report cards are awarded this honor.
Drop Out Prevention and Recovery Exceeds Standards Award List
2024 Career-Technical Planning District overall 5-star Award
Career Technical Planning Districts are key partners in meeting Ohio’s vision for each student. The Career-Technical Planning District Report Cards (CTPD) support that work by examining key metrics of success such as career readiness – with a focus on equitable outcomes for all students. CTPDs are awarded the Overall 5-star rating based on performance on the four rated components.
Career-Technical Planning District Overall 5-Star Award List
2024 Momentum Award
The momentum award is for districts and buildings that have demonstrated outstanding improvement in achievement while also continuing to show growth. The momentum award is for districts and buildings that have improved their performance index by 3 or more points from 2022-2023 report card to the 2023-2024 report card AND received a value-added progress rating of 4 or more stars. Districts and buildings are not eligible for this award if they received an overall rating of 5 stars.
Momentum District Award List
Momentum Building Award List
National Awards
Blue Ribbon Schools - The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a national recognition program honoring elementary and secondary schools in the United States that make significant progress in closing achievement gaps or whose students achieve at the highest levels in their state.
National Title I Distinguished Schools - The National Title I Association annually recognizes up to two Title I schools from each state for their outstanding achievements in education. Ohio nominates schools that demonstrate a wide array of strengths, including team approaches to teaching and learning, focused professional development opportunities for staff, individualized programs for student success, and strong partnerships between the school, parents and the community.
Exempt Districts
Ohio Revised Code Section 3302.151 allows city, local and exempted village school districts that meet certain criteria on the Ohio School Report Cards to be exempt from the teacher qualification requirements under the third-grade reading guarantee, the mentoring component under the Ohio teacher residency program, standards prescribing a minimum class size and requirement for teachers to be licensed specifically in the grade level in which they are teaching, except unless otherwise prescribed by federal law.
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