L. Hollingworth School for Talented and Gifted

L. Hollingworth School for Talented and Gifted is the sole public charter elementary school serving grades K-8 in Toledo, Ohio, with a total enrollment of 271 students. The school's performance data reveals significant challenges, with consistently low test scores, high chronic absenteeism, and poor rankings compared to other elementary schools in the state.

Academically, the school's students struggle, with proficiency rates on the Ohio State Tests well below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 5th grade science, only 15.2% of students were proficient or better, compared to 64% statewide. The school's math proficiency rates ranged from 15.2% to 36.8%, far behind the state's 46.3% to 67.2%. Additionally, the school had an alarmingly high chronic absenteeism rate of 45.9%, significantly higher than the state average.

Despite the school's focus on serving "talented and gifted" students, its rankings have consistently placed it in the bottom quarter of Ohio elementary schools, with a 1-star rating out of 5 on SchoolDigger in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's diverse student population, with 39.11% Hispanic, 22.51% African American, and 25.83% White students, suggests that it may be serving a broader range of learners, not just those identified as academically gifted. The school's spending per student was $7,320 in the 2018-2019 school year, with a student-teacher ratio of 14.2 in the 2022-2023 school year.