Which schools beat report card expectations, based on income? Ranking all 607 Ohio districts

CLEVELAND, Ohio - For probably as long as the state has been issuing school report cards, one trend has held true - wealthier districts score better.

Take this year when the richest 14 districts in the state based on the income of their residents all scored the highest available overall grade - five stars - on the new report cards.

But that’s just a trend. There are always exceptions.

And one exception - nationally known through multiple news reports over recent years - holds true again: The eastern Ohio river town of Steubenville overcame whatever difficulties there are in a lower income district like no other place in the state.

Ranked 591st among 607 districts in Ohio for the median income of residents, according to the Ohio Department of Taxation, Steubenville students ranked 6