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Ursuline
Academy Ranked as #1
Academic
Girls’ School in Ohio
Ursuline is pleased to be recognized as the leading girls’ school in the
state of Ohio for academics, according to the latest data collected through the
Ohio Graduation Test. The OGT is taken by Ohio’s high school sophomores each
March and it is the only instrument administered to every 10th-grade student
attending public, private and charter schools.
An analysis of these test results, examining the performance of all 1000+
schools together, was prepared by Gerber Analytics, yielding the top academic
schools in the state of Ohio. The report lists the scores of Ohio high
schools, ranking them by the Ohio Department of Education’s performance
index.
Ursuline Academy is the only all-girls’ school from southern Ohio to appear
in the top 15. With 99% of UA 10th graders passing all 5
sections of the OGT (reading, math, writing, science and social studies),
Ursuline earned special merit for having an extraordinary percentage of
test-takers score at an advanced level in reading - 81% - the highest of any
high school in the state. 2009 is the third consecutive year that UA has
earned the designation of Ohio Academic Champion, and is one of only three
schools in the state (Hathaway Brown High School in Shaker Heights and St.
Charles Prep in Columbus) who have been so honored.
The 15 Top
Academic High Schools in Ohio are:
1) St. Charles Preparatory, Franklin
County
2) Cincinnati Country Day, Hamilton
County
3) Seven Hills School, Hamilton County
4) Hathaway Brown High School, Cuyahoga
County
5) Maumee Valley Country Day School, Lucas
County
6) Ursuline
Academy, Hamilton County
7) Ottawa Hills High School, Lucas
County
8) Walnut Hills High School, Hamilton
County
9) St. Xavier High School, Hamilton
County
10) University High School, Cuyahoga County
11) Miami Valley High School, Montgomery County
12) Columbus Academy, Franklin High School
13) Our Lady of the Elms, Summit County
14) Minster High School , Auglaize County
15) Oakwood High School, Montgomery County
"The OGT is an excellent tool for comparing the success of our efforts
at Ursuline relative to other schools in the state. We are very pleased with the
exceptional performance of our students on this test and on the other
standardized tests they take in high school . . . and see these scores as both a
reflection of what they’ve learned as well as a predictor of their academic
success when they leave Ursuline.” - Sharon Redmond,
President, Ursuline Academy
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