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Black student results in Lima City

Across 8 schools in Lima City, 31.1% of Black students meet proficient. That is 8 points below the Ohio average for Black students.

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38.5%
All students
31.1%
Black
44.4%
Hispanic
46.2%
White

Average across the 8 schools in Lima City with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 8 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Freedom Elementary School reports 46.2% of Black students meeting the standard. Lima West Middle School, in the same district, reports 11.5%. That is a 34.7-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Lima City

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Freedom Elementary School 48.1% 46.2% 60.9%
Lima South Science-Technology Magnet K-8 Magnet 66.1% 44.2% 70% 83%
Heritage Elementary School 43.6% 34.1% 48.6%
Liberty Arts Magnet K-8 Magnet 45.1% 33.5% 50% 54.5%
Independence Elementary School 32.7% 33.3% 33.8%
Unity Elementary School 30.6% 28.1% 27.8%
Lima North Middle School 21.8% 17.9% 29.2% 31.1%
Lima West Middle School 19.6% 11.5% 28.6% 29.7%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Ohio suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,323 of Ohio's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Ohio figures should not be compared against another state's.

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