The Springfield City School District's 2025-2026 Ohio State Report Card reflects broad, measurable progress across student growth, equity indicators, attendance, graduation, and postsecondary readiness.
The District received an overall rating of 2.5 Stars, while earning 3 Stars in three major districtwide components: Progress, Gap Closing, and College, Career, Workforce and Military Readiness.
Districtwide Report Card Highlights
3 Stars | Progress: Student growth is a districtwide strength. 12 of 14 reportable
schools earned 3 or 4 Stars in
Progress, including seven schools at
4 Stars.
3 Stars | CCWMR:
College, Career, Workforce and
Military Readiness reached 64%, up
from 17% in 2021-2022. Qualifying
readiness outcomes increased from
82 students to 291.
3 Stars | Gap Closing:
Gap Closing reached 35.8%, with 24
of 67 available points. The District
earned full points for chronic
absenteeism, English Learner
progress, and gifted progress.
Additional indicators reinforce the direction of improvement:
Achievement remains 2 Stars, but the Performance Index rose from 56.517 in 2021-2022 to 61.137 in 2025-2026. The Performance Index Percent increased from 52.7% to 55.5%.
Attendance increased from 86.8% in 2021-2022 to 90.1% in 2025-2026. Chronic absenteeism declined from 46.5% to 34.7%, an 11.8 percentage-point reduction.
The five-year graduation rate reached 91.2%, the strongest result in the five-year series. The four-year rate was 87.3%.
English Learner progress strengthened substantially. The share of English Learners meeting proficiency or individual growth targets increased from 38.5% to 51.4%, and the District earned all 5 available English Learner Gap Closing points.
“The 2025-2026 report card confirms that the system is moving in the right direction. Students are growing, more student groups are earning state accountability credit, attendance is improving, chronic absenteeism is declining, and more graduates are leaving Springfield with meaningful college, career, workforce and military readiness. Those results belong to the students, staff, families and community members who have stayed focused on improvement. At the same time, 2.5 Stars is not the destination. Achievement and early literacy require faster progress, and the work ahead is to convert the growth now visible across the system into higher proficiency for more students. The direction is positive. The responsibility is to keep moving," said Dr. Bob Hill, SCSD Superintendent/CEO.
School-Level Results Show Broad Growth
Seven of the 14 reportable schools earned an overall rating of at least 3 Stars or higher: Fulton Elementary, Hayward Middle School, Kenton Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Mann Elementary, and Springfield High School. Snowhill Elementary earned 3.5 Stars overall, the highest building rating in the District.
School 3- and 4-Star Component Highlights
Fulton Elementary 4-Star Progress; 3-Star Gap Closing
Hayward Middle School 4-Star Progress
Kenwood Elementary 3-Star Progress
Kenton Elementary 4-Star Progress
Lagonda Elementary 3-Star Progress
Lincoln Elementary 4-Star Progress; 3-Star Gap Closing
Mann Elementary 4-Star Progress
Perrin Woods Elementary 3-Star Progress
Schaefer Middle School 3-Star Progress
Snowhill Elementary 3-Star Achievement; 4-Star Progress; 3-Star Gap Closing
Snyder Park Elementary 3-Star Progress
Springfield High School 4-Star Progress; 3-Star Gap Closing
Early Literacy: Context Matters, and the Work Remains Urgent
Early Literacy is the District's clearest academic priority. The 2025-2026 component is rated 1 Star at 34.8%. At the same time, the underlying instructional measures moved modestly upward: Grade 3 ELA proficiency increased from 35.3% to 36.6%, and the Improving K-3 Literacy measure increased from 16.2% to 16.7%. Those gains are not yet sufficient and require continued acceleration.
The reported Early Literacy score also reflects a significant statewide accountability change created by Ohio House Bill 96, the FY2026-FY2027 state operating budget. The legislation narrowed the report card definition of the Promotion to Fourth Grade measure. As a result, the District's displayed Promotion to Fourth Grade measure is 43.9% and is not directly comparable with prior years, when the measure was calculated under a broader statutory definition.
Statewide measurement effect
ODEW's statewide simulation showed that, if the former rating scale had been retained after the HB 96 change, the number of Ohio schools rated 1 Star in Early Literacy would have increased from 488 to 971, while the number rated 3 Stars or higher would have fallen from 787 to 390. The state subsequently proposed a recalibrated scale. The simulation demonstrates that the statutory change created a statewide measurement headwind, not an overnight collapse in reading instruction.
The District will continue to treat the report card as a set of improvement measures, not a finish line.
“The next phase of the work is clear: continue to strengthen Tier 1 instruction, accelerate foundational literacy, preserve attendance gains, use subgroup growth data to target support, expand high-quality college and career pathways, and transfer the strongest growth-producing practices across schools. Progress is worth recognizing. Sustained improvement requires continuing the work with urgency, consistency, and accountability," said Dr. Hill.