The Troy City Schools are one of the top districts in the region and Ohio, based on the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s state report cards, which were released Tuesday. 

The ODEW gave each district 1-5 stars (1 being the lowest, 5 being the highest) in each of six categories: Achievement, Gap Closing, Progress, Graduation, Early Literacy and College, Career, Workforce and Military Readiness. The ODE also gave each district an overall score, also based on the 1-5 star system.

Overall, the Troy City Schools earned 4.5 stars.

The district scored five stars in Progress, Gap Closing and Graduation Rate, while scoring four stars in Achievement. This is the first time Troy has scored 5 stars in the Graduation Rate category.

The district’s performance index is 93.5. This calculation is based on the level of performance on the tests by students, with higher points received when students perform at advanced and accelerated levels. 

“This is definitely a credit to all of our students,” Troy City Schools Superintendent Chris Piper said. “They are showing up every day ready to learn and grow. We are incredibly proud of the work they’ve put in. We believe our district is an excellent place for students to learn, and these scores reflect that.

“We also are so thankful to have an outstanding staff who are helping our students succeed. This is obviously a sign of how hard our teachers are working with our students. It also shows we have tremendous staff members who help put students in a position to succeed, whether it be by administering our school buildings, transporting our students to and from school, feeding our students, keeping our students healthy or keeping our students warm, safe and dry.”

The district’s highest score came in Progress, which is a measure of how students in the district scored compared to prior years. According to ODE, “Progress looks closely at the growth all students are making based on their past state test performances. The Progress Component measures the academic performance of students compared to expected growth on Ohio’s State Tests. This calculation uses a ‘value-added’ model of measuring academic growth that compares the change in achievement of a group of students to an expected amount of change in achievement that is based on the students’ prior achievement history.”

As a district, Troy placed in the top 12 percent in the state of Ohio in the Progress Category. Troy High School recorded the 11th-highest growth score out of nearly 3,000 school buildings in the state. Troy High School has placed in the top 20 in the Progress Category each of the past five years, including three top-3 finishes in that same span.

“We are particularly proud of the progress we’ve made,” Piper said. “We are focused on improving student learning and it’s good to see that hard work paying off. We have continued to record five stars in this category for a number of years now, and we plan to continue to make progress in this category.”

Piper said the hard work by students and staff will continue throughout the district. 

“The mission of the Troy City Schools is to empower students to dream big, work hard and succeed,” he said. “We are confident we have the staff in place to do just that.”