Lawrence County, Ohio, schools

The Ohio Department of Education today released its report card for all public schools and all public school districts in Ohio. For only the second time since the state began issuing its report card a few years ago, the Fairland Local district did not achieve "Excellent" status.

But several individual schools in the county did: Fairland West Elementary, Dawson-Bryant Elementary, Symmes Valley Elementary, Whitwell Elementary in Ironton, Burlington Elementary and Chesapeake Elementary.

Fairland High was on that list last year, but it dropped off this year.

All of which mirrors something in West Virginia. It's easier for elementary schools to achieve good ranking than it is for middle schools and high schools.

I plan to do some more number crunching from the big charts the ODE released today. Maybe something will turn up in the details.