Central Academy of Ohio, Toledo OH

Original Research by School Decision on Central Academy of Ohio

Central Academy of Ohio is a charter school serving middle grades in Toledo. The school is now closed, so this narrative is a record of its recent academic standing before closure.

In its final year of operation, Central Academy of Ohio's students took Ohio's State Tests in mathematics, English language arts, science, and social studies. The proficiency results were markedly low across the board. In mathematics, proficiency ranged from zero in grades seven and eight to modest single-digit gains in the lower grades. English language arts showed similarly sparse proficiency, with grade three recording zero proficiency and grades seven and eight also at zero. Grade four was the relative bright spot at around half of tested students meeting proficiency; grade five was also near that mark. Science proficiency was very low in both grade five and grade eight, with single-digit proficiency rates. Social studies results from an earlier year (the most recent available) were also very low. All students participated in testing at full rate, so the results reflect the school's actual academic outcomes for the cohorts assessed.

Demographic information, enrollment figures, free-or-reduced-price-lunch counts, and staff composition were not available in the data, so a complete picture of the school's student population and resources cannot be drawn from this record. No graduation rate or high school results exist because the school served only middle grades.

Before closure, the school had adopted the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, a globally oriented, inquiry-driven pedagogical approach. The school had also built its curriculum around Arabic language instruction and a multicultural focus. These program choices reflected an intentional educational philosophy, even as measured academic outcomes remained quite low.

The school was located on Kenwood Boulevard in Toledo, a mid-sized industrial city on Lake Erie's western edge undergoing active downtown revitalization, with a diverse economy anchored in manufacturing, healthcare, and education. Housing in the Toledo area is moderately priced relative to state and national benchmarks.

A parent seeking to understand what went wrong at Central Academy would need to dig into the school's operations, staffing, and resource decisions directly with the charter authorizer or district records, since the test results alone do not explain whether the gap reflected instructional challenges, student population needs not being met, resource constraints, or other factors. The school is no longer in operation.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 317%

School 17% · district not reported

▼ 45 pts below state median

Grade 433%

School 33% · district not reported

▼ 31 pts below state median

Grade 540%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 638%

School 38% · district not reported

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 70%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 80%

School 0% · district not reported

even with state median

English language arts

Grade 30%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 58 pts below state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · district not reported

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 540%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 625%

School 25% · district not reported

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 70%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 43 pts below state median

Grade 80%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 30 pts below state median

Science

Grade 520%

School 20% · district not reported

▼ 42 pts below state median

Grade 814%

School 14% · district not reported

▼ 16 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 414%

School 14% · district not reported

▼ 68 pts below state median

Grade 617%

School 17% · district not reported

▼ 47 pts below state median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.