Tyger Digital Academy, Mansfield OH

Original Research by School Decision on Tyger Digital Academy

Tyger Digital Academy is a K-12 school operated by Mansfield City Schools, located in central Mansfield. It is a regular public school with small enrollment, distributed across all thirteen grade bands from kindergarten through grade 12.

The school's academic performance shows serious challenges. State test results from the 2023-24 school year reveal very low proficiency across tested subjects and grade levels. In math, the school showed zero proficiency in third through seventh grade, with a single student meeting proficiency in eighth grade. English language arts results are uneven: fourth grade achieved full proficiency, but third, fifth, sixth, and seventh grades fell well below state standards. The pattern suggests either very small cohorts with high variability in performance, or students arriving significantly below grade-level expectation. The comparison data places the school in the bottom quartile of all districts in Richland County on overall proficiency.

The student body is small, with modest racial diversity: a majority white enrollment alongside a substantial share of Black students and a mixed-race cohort. Free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility data and enrollment in special education or English learner services were not available. The school participates fully in state testing, with participation rates at or near universal across assessed subjects.

Within the broader district context, parents should know that Tyger Digital Academy faces an uncertain status. The district cited the school as a cost-driver and announced it would be closed as part of budget-reduction efforts. In November 2024, Mansfield voters rejected a combined operating levy, leaving the district under continued financial pressure after earlier closures of Prospect Elementary and Brinkerhoff, reductions in department and building budgets, and the decision to shut down Tyger Digital Academy specifically. The district has redirected its pedagogy investment toward structured literacy for struggling readers (Fundations, Just Words, the Wilson Reading System, and dyslexia screening), but these curriculum changes do not appear reflected in current state testing outcomes for this school.

A parent considering this school may want to inquire directly with the district about its operational status and any transition plans, given the public statements around closure and the district's ongoing budget difficulties. The available test data itself is thin, limited to the most recent school year with very small numbers of tested students at each grade.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 30%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 62 pts below state median

Grade 40%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 65 pts below state median

Grade 50%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 41 pts below state median

Grade 60%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 22 pts below state median

Grade 70%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 833%

School 33% · district not reported

▲ 33 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 30%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 58 pts below state median

Grade 4100%

School 100% · district not reported

▲ 42 pts above state median

Grade 550%

School 50% · district not reported

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 620%

School 20% · district not reported

▼ 21 pts below state median

Grade 733%

School 33% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 850%

School 50% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median

Science

Grade 550%

School 50% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 833%

School 33% · district not reported

▲ 3 pts above state median

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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.