Lorain Preparatory Academy

Summary:

Lorain Preparatory Academy is a public charter elementary school serving 516 students in grades K-8 in Lorain, Ohio. Despite serving a diverse student population, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 15% of Ohio elementary schools over the past decade, earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lorain Preparatory Academy faces significant challenges, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 32.2% to 75.7%, which are much higher than the state average and surrounding Lorain City schools. Academically, the school's students perform well below state averages on Ohio state assessments across all grade levels and subject areas, particularly in mathematics, where proficiency rates range from just 4.5% in 6th grade to 39.5% in 3rd grade, compared to state averages of 50.1% to 62.1%. The school's subgroup performance is also concerning, with the school ranking in the bottom 25% of Ohio elementary schools for African American, Hispanic, and White student groups.

Interestingly, Lorain Preparatory Academy's performance is significantly lower than the nearby Toni Wofford Morrison Elementary, Admiral King Elementary, and other Lorain City schools, which, while still struggling, outperform Lorain Preparatory Academy on state assessments and have lower chronic absenteeism rates. Additionally, Lorain Preparatory Academy's per-student spending of $7,689 in 2018-2019 is lower than the surrounding Lorain City schools, which range from $9,647 to $11,172 per student, and the school's student-teacher ratio of 23:1 in 2020-2021 is higher than the nearby schools, which range from 13.9:1 to 18.3:1.


Detail:

Public, Charter K-8

 4119 Leavitt Rd
       Lorain, OH  44053-2341


(440) 282-3127

District: Lorain Preparatory Academy

SchoolDigger Rank:
1384th of 1,577 Ohio Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,568 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  45.7 Help
Number of students:  457

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
39.8%
African American:
26.5%
White:
21.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Lorain Preparatory Academy ranks worse than 87.8% of elementary schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.08. (See more...)
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Compare Details Lorain Preparatory Academy ranks worse than 89% of middle schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9.68. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Lorain Preparatory Academy is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (39.8%), African American (26.5%), White (21.4%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lorain Preparatory Academy is 45.7. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lorain Preparatory Academy is $11,568.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lorain Preparatory Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Lorain Preparatory Academy 1384th of 1577 Ohio public elementary schools. (See Lorain Preparatory Academy in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Lorain Preparatory Academy 931st of 1046 Ohio public middle schools. (See Lorain Preparatory Academy in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Lorain Preparatory Academy 733rd of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lorain Preparatory Academy

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 8.35 1490th 1610 7.5%
2010 12.19 1490th 1662 10.3%
2011 31.94 1306th 1686 22.5%
2012 35.92 1284th 1709 24.9%
2013 32.76 1303rd 1701 23.4%
2014 22.29 1383rd 1687 18.0%
2015 18.92 1403rd 1684 16.7%
2016 19.67 1348th 1678 19.7%
2017 14.92 1408th 1651 14.7%
2018 15.88 1378th 1636 15.8%
2019 24.88 1305th 1676 22.1%
2021 16.05 1280th 1610 20.5%
2022 14.01 1327th 1588 16.4%
2023 9.03 1429th 1596 10.5%
2024 11.08 1384th 1577 12.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 3.34 166th 166 0.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.06 1231st 1465 16.0%
2019 34.02 1077th 1465 26.5%
2021 19.56 1098th 1404 21.8%
2022 19.64 1147th 1419 19.2%
2023 11.55 1288th 1447 11.0%
2024 13.96 1286th 1484 13.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.40 1316th 1518 13.3%
2019 26.58 1169th 1502 22.2%
2021 10.79 1255th 1467 14.5%
2022 11.93 1276th 1488 14.2%
2023 6.41 1381st 1483 6.9%
2024 14.19 1248th 1466 14.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.50 987th 1021 3.3%
2019 29.32 710th 956 25.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.04 1315th 1536 14.4%
2019 21.08 1257th 1535 18.1%
2021 14.24 1212th 1499 19.1%
2022 13.82 1274th 1518 16.1%
2023 9.90 1330th 1498 11.2%
2024 6.26 1398th 1485 5.9%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.55 374th 598 37.5%
2019 43.64 328th 605 45.8%
2021 41.97 243rd 533 54.4%
2022 34.83 367th 601 38.9%
2023 18.00 533rd 610 12.6%
2024 28.85 433rd 603 28.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.20 203rd 239 15.1%
2019 27.27 177th 228 22.4%
2021 18.05 158th 189 16.4%
2022 19.74 180th 216 16.7%
2023 16.62 206th 233 11.6%
2024 15.14 217th 234 7.3%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.80 1181st 1309 9.8%
2019 33.15 993rd 1271 21.9%
2021 3.45 1197th 1249 4.2%
2022 5.44 1177th 1242 5.2%
2024 2.22 1161st 1190 2.4%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Lorain Preparatory Academy

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Rank History for all middle school students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 12.77 762nd 858 11.2%
2010 43.84 644th 895 28.0%
2011 60.05 508th 925 45.1%
2012 71.70 322nd 989 67.4%
2013 55.85 608th 1001 39.3%
2014 20.55 833rd 1008 17.4%
2015 33.92 733rd 1035 29.2%
2016 34.64 715th 1050 31.9%
2017 27.41 749th 1038 27.8%
2018 18.45 804th 1010 20.4%
2019 18.61 826th 1050 21.3%
2021 14.93 826th 1037 20.3%
2022 9.34 912th 1017 10.3%
2023 7.51 968th 1048 7.6%
2024 9.68 931st 1046 11.0%
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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 17.03 187th 219 14.6%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.39 736th 924 20.3%
2019 23.74 752nd 945 20.4%
2021 16.44 750th 923 18.7%
2022 11.71 837th 947 11.6%
2023 7.43 910th 974 6.6%
2024 10.02 887th 989 10.3%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.52 759th 897 15.4%
2019 16.16 766th 917 16.5%
2021 12.73 760th 910 16.5%
2022 4.74 886th 925 4.2%
2023 7.65 849th 943 10.0%
2024 7.02 863rd 942 8.4%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 22.26 515th 576 10.6%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.16 758th 916 17.2%
2019 18.15 769th 933 17.6%
2021 11.49 786th 924 14.9%
2022 11.01 820th 946 13.3%
2023 4.86 931st 963 3.3%
2024 6.74 887th 958 7.4%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 27.23 302nd 405 25.4%
2021 23.87 302nd 385 21.6%
2022 14.10 388th 413 6.1%
2023 22.40 336th 436 22.9%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.20 145th 192 24.5%
2019 30.83 165th 222 25.7%
2021 13.31 210th 228 7.9%
2022 12.61 227th 247 8.1%
2023 6.45 240th 249 3.6%
2024 4.48 238th 239 0.4%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Lorain Preparatory Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.82 691st 796 13.2%
2021 11.22 712th 781 8.8%
2022 7.60 759th 809 6.2%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Lorain Preparatory Academy

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2007 10 5 0 9 0 n/a n/a 2 26
2008 24 45 0 26 0 n/a n/a 17 112
2009 42 53 0 49 0 n/a n/a 22 166
2010 39 62 0 51 3 n/a n/a 13 168
2011 31 68 0 45 0 0 8 0 152
2012 37 35 0 41 0 0 17 0 130
2013 31 36 0 35 0 0 28 0 130
2014 53 42 0 55 0 0 25 0 175
2015 77 80 0 108 0 0 46 0 311
2016 77 94 0 102 0 0 42 0 315
2017 75 122 1 115 0 0 36 0 349
2018 114 169 1 178 0 0 54 0 516
2019 126 172 1 170 0 0 60 0 529
2020 121 165 1 183 0 0 65 0 535
2021 135 173 1 195 0 0 73 0 577
2022 116 146 1 201 0 0 68 0 532
2023 103 140 2 202 1 0 68 0 516
2024 98 121 2 182 5 0 49 0 457

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lorain Preparatory Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2007 26 8.0 3.3 0
2008 112 7.0 16.0 n/a
2009 166 11.0 15.1 109
2010 168 8.0 21.0 98.1
2011 152 9.2 16.4 96.1
2012 130 9.0 14.4 90.8
2013 130 7.0 18.5 97.7
2014 175 9.0 19.4 94.9
2015 311 n/a n/a 94.9
2016 315 17.0 18.5 99
2017 349 15.5 22.5 n/a
2018 516 23.0 22.4 n/a
2019 529 26.0 20.3 n/a
2020 535 25.0 21.4 n/a
2021 577 25.0 23.0 n/a
2022 532 30.0 17.7 n/a
2023 516 n/a n/a n/a
2024 457 10.0 45.7 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lorain Preparatory Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2007 26 8.0 3.3 0
2008 112 7.0 16.0 n/a
2009 166 11.0 15.1 109
2010 168 8.0 21.0 98.1
2011 152 9.2 16.4 96.1
2012 130 9.0 14.4 90.8
2013 130 7.0 18.5 97.7
2014 175 9.0 19.4 94.9
2015 311 n/a n/a 94.9
2016 315 17.0 18.5 99
2017 349 15.5 22.5 n/a
2018 516 23.0 22.4 n/a
2019 529 26.0 20.3 n/a
2020 535 25.0 21.4 n/a
2021 577 25.0 23.0 n/a
2022 532 30.0 17.7 n/a
2023 516 n/a n/a n/a
2024 457 10.0 45.7 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lorain Preparatory Academy

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $7,689
2022 $8,520
2023 $10,011
2024 $11,568

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lorain Preparatory Academy

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1305th of 1676 Elementary schoolsRanks 1429th of 1596 Elementary schools
 11.7%
Ranks 826th of 1050 Middle schoolsRanks 968th of 1048 Middle schools
 13.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Lorain Preparatory Academy)38.924.1
 14.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Ohio)67.162.2
 4.9%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Lorain Preparatory Academy)51.430.5
 20.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)66.762.3
 4.4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Lorain Preparatory Academy)68.836.4
 32.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)74.366.8
 7.5%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Lorain Preparatory Academy)52.130.9
 21.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)63.358.9
 4.4%
5th Grade Science (Lorain Preparatory Academy)31.314.6
 16.7%
   5th Grade Science (Ohio)6563.9
 1.1%
5th Grade Mathematics (Lorain Preparatory Academy)44.812.5
 32.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)62.556.6
 5.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Lorain Preparatory Academy)60.627.1
 33.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)69.867.4
 2.4%
6th Grade Mathematics (Lorain Preparatory Academy)21.72.8
 18.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)60.150
 10.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Lorain Preparatory Academy)2011.1
 8.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)56.155
 1.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Lorain Preparatory Academy)35.77.7
 28%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.547.6
 9.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Lorain Preparatory Academy)42.917.3
 25.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)67.764.8
 2.9%
8th Grade Science (Lorain Preparatory Academy)2916.2
 12.8%
   8th Grade Science (Ohio)68.264
 4.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Lorain Preparatory Academy)45.221.6
 23.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.346.4
 10.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Lorain Preparatory Academy)35.516.2
 19.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)58.357.5
 0.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students529516
 2.5%
African American172140
 18.6%
American Indian01
Asian12
 100%
Hispanic170202
 18.8%
Pacific Islander00
White126103
 18.3%
Two or More Races6068
 13.3%


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Students at Lorain Preparatory Academy are 40% Hispanic, 26% African American, 21% White, 11% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 457 students attended Lorain Preparatory Academy.

Lorain Preparatory Academy ranks in the bottom 12.2% of Ohio elementary schools.


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