School Overview
South Elementary School is based in Cincinnati Ohio, which comes under the Mt Healthy City school district. The school supports over 912 students across grades pre-k to 6. It is a public school with a student-teacher ratio of 23.1:1 and about 94% of the students are economically disadvantaged.
Demographics
Methodology
We conducted a study to understand the impact of Lumos Learning programs on student achievement. We have compared the state ranking of South Elementary School in 2016-17 and 2017-18 as indicated in schooldigger and Ohio State Department of Education.
The school used Lumos StepUp program in 2017-18 to support student’s Ohio State Tests’ preparation.
Improvement in State Ranking
There are 1636 elementary schools in Ohio and South Elementary School was ranked 1398th in the 2016-17 academic year. In 2017-18, the school adopted Math and ELA programs for Grades 3 to 6. About 856 students used the Lumos StepUp program for OST Math and FSA English Language Arts practice. In the 2017-18 OST tests, South Elementary School rank improved by 72 positions.
Grade 3 OST Test-scores
Compared to 2016-17, the percentage of 3rd graders who met state expectations in 2017-18 OST English Language Arts assessment increased by 1.2%.
Grade 4 OST Test-scores
There was an increase of 22.3%, seen in the number of students who met state expectations in 2017-18 Grade 4 English Language Arts OST.
In the 2017-18 OST tests, 4th graders’ who met the standards in Math increased by by 15.3%.
Grade 5 OST Test-scores
Compared to 2016-17, the percentage of 5th graders’ who met state expectations in 2017-18 OST English Language Arts assessment increased by 5.1%.
In the 2017-18 OST tests, 5th graders’ who met the standards in Math increased by by 10.5%.
Grade 6 OST Test-scores
Compared to 2016-17, the percentage of 6th graders’ who met state expectations in 2017-18 OST English Language Arts assessment increased by 6%.
There was an increase of 5.2%, seen in the number of students who met state expectations in 2017-18 Grade 6 Math OST.
Overall Result
- The use of Lumos StepUp for OST Math and English Language Arts practice from grades 3 to 6 in 2017-18 influenced an increase in the percentage of students who have met the standards.
- The overall school ranking improved by 72 positions from 1398 in 2017 to 1326 in 2018.
