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Report cards are in and LeBron James’ I promise that the school will still fail, but there is “progress” that is being made, according to recently released data from the Ohio Department of Education.
The performance results for I promise that the school Lebron started in 2018 in collaboration with the city Akron to serve children at risk are still bad. Really bad.
No, not as bad as in 2023, when it was revealed that not a single 8th class had passed Ohio Math skills test, but there are still major problems based on the new data that Outkick analyzed.
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LeBron James caters to the crowd during the opening ceremonies for II Promise School on July 30, 2018 in Akron, Ohio. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)
Just two out of 75 (2.7%) I promise the 7th classings, the state passed math test in 2024-25. The state’s average is 50%.
How bad are the test results? Most grades at school have skills in single digits for teens. These percentages are routinely 40-50 points below Ohio State average.
It’s not just math that Lebron’s schoolchildren are struggling with. Five out of 76 6th Classes consisted of the English Language Arts Test. That’s 6.6%.
The state’s average is 54.5%.
Not a single class is close to government skill levels.
The school as a whole is firmly ranked as a one-star school in performance. It is as low as the state ranks schools.
Hi, but it’s not all bad for Lebron’s school
But despite these continued problems for Lebron’s School, Ohio Doe LeBron’s Team Four Stars awarded “Progress.”
The state says there is “significant evidence that the school exceeded the students’ growth expectations. Based on the” statistical proof “gathered by Doe, it has been decided that there is” evidence of growth. ”
That bright spot seems to be the 5th classes that had the best math skills in the whole school. 20 of the 82 students passed the test. That’s 24.4% of class. State average is 56.7%
Some call this progress.
In 2019, LeBron boasted that his school would have children on track after they suffered in public schools
LeBron James answers questions during a press conference on August 8, 2014 in Akron, Ohio, during a ceremony to honor James. (Angelo Merendino/Corbis via Getty Images)
“LeBron James opened a school that was considered an experiment. It shows promise,” the New York Times announced less than a year after school opened.
It was a feather in the hood for LeBron. The national media had the story it needed: LeBron is a hero.
“These children are doing an incredible job, better than we all expected,” Mr. James to The New York Times in 2019, after test results showed his school worked. “When we first started, people knew I opened a school for children. Now people will really understand the lack of education they had before they came to our school. People will finally understand what’s going on behind our doors.”
It doesn’t seem that Times has written a single story about I promise test results since.
