Are We making the grade?

State education leaders released Wednesday the school performance results for the 2014-15 school year. The General Assembly requires every North Carolina public school to receive an A through F performance grade. 

"Fewer schools met North Carolina’s overall targets for academic improvement in the most recent year, according to new test results, even as the high school graduation rate jumped to what state officials called a historic high....The data released Wednesday also show that student performance on the state standardized tests has remained largely static from a year ago."



Below are the grades earned by each school in the Wilkes County School District:

Wilkes County School Performance Grades 
         School                     Grade Score   Status      Level%     %FreeLunch
Boomer-Ferguson Elementary C - 56      Met           50.7               62 
C B Eller Elementary                C - 69  Exceeded     64.1               47 
C C Wright Elementary             D - 51      Met           43.3               60 
Millers Creek Elementary          C - 66  Exceeded     59.3               49 

Moravian Falls Elementary       B - 74   Exceeded     70.3               60
Mount Pleasant Elementary      C - 60     NotMet      58.2                45 
Mountain View Elementary       C - 66   Exceeded    61.5                53 
Mulberry Elementary                 C - 62        Met         58.1                62 
North Wilkesboro Elementary    D - 52      Met          43.5                79 

Roaring River Elementary         C - 61  Exceeded     53.8                47 
Ronda-Clingman Elementary    C - 55       Met          50.3                38 
Traphill Elementary                   D - 49       Met           44                  54 
Wilkesboro Elementary             B - 72       Met          68.9                43 



Central Wilkes Middle              C - 63   Exceeded     55.2               49 
East Wilkes Middle                  C - 65   Exceeded      59.8               40 
North Wilkes Middle                 C - 56        Met          48.9               43 
West Wilkes Middle                  C - 69   Exceeded     62.3              40 


East Wilkes High                      C - 61      NotMet      45.3               31 

North Wilkes High                     C - 62     NotMet      50.6               38 

West Wilkes High                     B - 78     Exceeded   63.3              31 
Wilkes Central High                  C - 59      NotMet      43.2              37 
Wilkes Early College High         B - 76         Met        64.6              71 


The grades are based on standardized end-of-grade tests in reading and math for grades three through eight, science in grades five and eight and end-of-course tests in three high school subjects. High schools are also evaluated on their graduation rate, ACT and ACT WorkKeys results and percentage of students who complete Math III.

Calculating the grade: Grades were based on a 15-point scale with an A equal to 85 to 100, B equal to 70 to 84, a C equal to 55 to 69, a D equal to 40 to 54 and an F equal to less than 40. Schools that qualify for an A and don’t have significant achievement and/or graduation gaps received an A+ grade. In the 2016-17 school year, it changes to a 10-point scale.

Not Met: Most students failed to show a year's worth of growth in classroom material. 
Met: Most students showed they made a year's worth of growth. 
Exceeded: Most students showed more than a year's worth of growth. 
Grade level %: Percentage of students who are proficient 
Free / Reduced lunch %: Percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch 

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