DeKalb County Schools showed a trend of marginal improvement in the state Department of Education’s Georgia Milestones assessments, released Tuesday.
Georgia students improved from the first year of assessments. Still, though, about two-thirds of DeKalb County students were not performing to the proficiency standards of a test said to be harder than the other test used previously.
Here’s a breakdown of which DeKalb County schools had the highest and lowest percentages of students who were proficient or better on the assessments in the critical subjects of English/Language Arts and math in various grade levels. Not included: schools for special needs students or alternative schools.
Highest third-grade English/Language Arts:
1. Austin Elementary School
2. Ashford Park Elementary School
3. Vanderlyn Elementary School
Lowest third-grade English/Language Arts:
1. Flat Shoals Elementary School
2. Stoneview Elementary School
3. Snapfinger and Fairington elementary schools
Highest third-grade math:
1. Austin Elementary School
2. Vanderlyn Elementary School
3. Oak Grove Elementary School
Lowest third-grade English/Language Arts:
1. Murphy Candler Elementary School
2. Snapfinger Elementary School
3. Rockbridge Elementary School
Highest fifth-grade English/Language Arts:
1. Kittredge Magnet School
2. Wadsworth Magnet School
3. Montgomery Elementary School
Lowest fifth-grade English/Language Arts:
1. Meadowview Elementary School
2. Kelley Lake Elementary School
3. Cary Reynolds Elementary School
Highest fifth-grade math:
1. Kittredge Magnet School
2. Wadsworth Magnet School
3. Austin Elementary School
Lowest fifth-grade math:
1. Meadowview Elementary School
2. Montclair Elementary School
3. Stone Mountain Elementary School
Highest eighth-grade English/Language Arts:
1. DeKalb School of the Arts
2. Chamblee Middle School
3. The Museum School of Avondale Estates
Lowest eighth-grade English/Language Arts:
1. McNair Middle School
2. Sequoyah Middle School
3. Lithonia Middle School
Highest eighth-grade math:
1. DeKalb Path Academy
2. Peachtree Middle School
3. DeKalb School of the Arts
Lowest eighth-grade math:
1. Cedar Grove Middle School
2. Columbia Middle School
3. McNair Middle School
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