BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- Brunswick City Schools officials are happy with the district’s 2022 State Report Card rankings. However, according to district Director of Instruction and Innovation Patrick Geschke, there is still room for improvement.
“There are things we could absolutely improve on, but we did very well,” Geschke said. “The job of an educator has changed drastically over the past five years, but this is what we do in Brunswick -- we stand up to expectations.”
This year’s state report card gave districts a one-to-five star ranking in achievement, progress, gap closing, graduation and early literacy categories. In all categories, Brunswick City Schools met expected standards with a three-star ranking, exceeded state average academic expectations with four stars or “significantly exceeded” expectations with a five-star ranking.
According to the Ohio Department of Education, the achievement component represents whether student performance on state tests meets established thresholds and how well students perform on tests overall. Brunswick City Schools received four stars in this category.
Likewise, Brunswick earned four stars in the gap closing component, which measures the reduction in educational gaps for student subgroups, and in early literacy, which measures reading improvement and proficiency for students in kindergarten through third grade.
Brunswick earned five stars in the graduation component, with a 97.7 percent graduation rate, up from its 96.6 percent five-year graduation rate last year.
The progress component, which looks at the growth all students are making based on their past performances, represented Brunswick’s lowest mark of three stars -- still denoting that the district met growth expectations.
“Three stars is equal to one year of growth,” Geschke explained. “Last year was a little higher, but we still push our kids to do that.”
Overall, Geschke said, the state report card is important, but is merely a tool for the district to continue improving.
“It is not the only metric we use,” Geschke said, adding that much of the culture of the district is made up of achievements that are “tough to put in a report card.”
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