This Is The Worst School District In Ohio

Cincinnati OH

24 July, 2021

12:21 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Cincinnati 2021-07-24 Every child is born to a unique set of circumstances. And it is these different social, familial, economic, environmental, and many other factors, that help shape who they become. While these conditions are countless, a handful of factors play an outsized role in a child's development and likelihood for future success — including academic success. Whether or not a child succeeds academically can depend considerably on school quality. A student who falls behind in one school district might have excelled academically in another. By no means limited to the classroom, many of the strongest influences on a child's future are in the home environment, and the resources available or absent there. Children growing up in financially insecure households are less likely to succeed academically, and in Ohio's Clearview Local School District, 30.0% of children live below the poverty line, nearly double the state's 16.6% child poverty rate. Partially as a result, Clearview ranks as the worst district in the state. Class sizes are also larger than average in the district, with 20 students per teacher compared to Ohio's average student-teacher ratio of 16-to-1. Class sizes could be reduced in the district with greater investment in schools. Currently, spending totals just $9,770 per pupil annually, well below the comparable state spending of $13,538. The four measures used to determine the worst school district in every state are: the child poverty rate, the teacher-to-student ratio, per-pupil spending, and the share of adults with a college education. All data came from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics. This is the worst school district in every state. Can't see the article's infographic? Click here to view the original story.This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St., a news organization that produces real-time business commentary and data-driven reporting for state and local markets across the country.