Valor Academy Inc., Columbus OH - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Valor Academy Inc.

Valor Academy Inc. is a small charter school in Columbus serving students in grades four through eight. The school sits on Atcheson Street in a neighborhood with modest housing values and rental costs somewhat below state benchmarks. It operates as its own single-school charter district rather than as part of Columbus City Schools.

The academic picture here is weak across all tested subjects. In math, fourth graders showed stronger performance, but proficiency dropped sharply in grades five through eight, settling in the single digits by mid-year of the tested year. English language arts results follow a similar pattern: fourth-grade proficiency was modest, and by sixth grade and beyond, only a small portion of students were proficient. The school also reported no proficiency in fifth-grade science, with eighth-grade science results again low. Across the comparison set of districts in Franklin County, this school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile, well below the median among county schools.

The enrollment is small, with roughly a hundred students spread across the five grades. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller shares of students identifying as multiracial or white; the school does not report Hispanic enrollment above a minimal share. The school does not report free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, or English learner counts, so those details are not available.

The school operates a hybrid digital learning model; publicly reported information references a StrongMind curriculum structure. Limited detail is available on programs, course breadth, or staff composition beyond what the state assessment data shows.

A parent considering this school faces a direct question about academic trajectory. The proficiency results, especially the steep decline across grade levels in both math and literacy, warrant a conversation with school leadership about the underlying causes, the support structures in place for students struggling to keep up, and what changes are underway. The small enrollment means a tight-knit peer group, but it also means fewer electives or specialized supports may be available. The school's location in Columbus gives access to a city with growing opportunity, but the academic outcomes here do not yet reflect that context.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 475%

School 75% · district not reported

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 546%

School 46% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 65%

School 5% · district not reported

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 76%

School 6% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 811%

School 11% · district not reported

▲ 11 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 433%

School 33% · district not reported

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 520%

School 20% · district not reported

▼ 45 pts below state median

Grade 610%

School 10% · district not reported

▼ 31 pts below state median

Grade 722%

School 22% · district not reported

▼ 21 pts below state median

Grade 811%

School 11% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 62 pts below state median · ▼ 48 pts below county median

Grade 819%

School 19% · district not reported

▼ 11 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income13%37 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income0%33 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income14%Higher-income27%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income0%Higher-income15%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income44%6 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income13%Higher-income0%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income0%Higher-income8%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income0%Higher-income15%15 pp gap