• The Percentage of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards in the current year is 91.98%.
• This percentage reflects a Gain over the prior year of 6.84%.
• This change was at or above 97.25% of the elementary schools in Georgia.
• This school received the 2008 Gold Award for Greatest Gain in Percentage of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards.
  

Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards

Performance Index Calculations

Measurement		English Language Arts	Reading	Mathematics	Science	Social Studies	Total/ Percentage
2008	Number of Students	516	516	516	317	317	2,182
	Did Not Meet Standards	42	17	54	45	17	175
		(8.14%)	(3.29%)	(10.47%)	(14.2%)	(5.36%)	(8.02%)
	Meeting Standards	310	321	294	131	206	1,262
		(60.08%)	(62.21%)	(56.98%)	(41.32%)	(64.98%)	(57.84%)
	Exceeding Standards	164	178	168	141	94	745
		(31.78%)	(34.5%)	(32.56%)	(44.48%)	(29.65%)	(34.14%)
	Meeting and Exceeding Standards	474	499	462	272	300	2,007
		(91.86%)	(96.71%)	(89.53%)	(85.8%)	(94.64%)	(91.98%)
2007	Number of Students	532	532	531	316	316	2,227
	Did Not Meet Standards	68	53	52	82	38	293
		(12.78%)	(9.96%)	(9.79%)	(25.95%)	(12.03%)	(13.16%)
	Meeting Standards	336	319	356	179	228	1,418
		(63.16%)	(59.96%)	(67.04%)	(56.65%)	(72.15%)	(63.67%)
	Exceeding Standards	128	160	123	55	50	516
		(24.06%)	(30.08%)	(23.16%)	(17.41%)	(15.82%)	(23.17%)
	Meeting and Exceeding Standards	464	479	479	234	278	1,934
		(87.22%)	(90.04%)	(90.21%)	(74.05%)	(87.97%)	(86.84%)

	2008 Percentage of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards	91.98%
minus	2007 Percentage of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards	85.14%
		= 6.84%

This Represents a Gain

Number of Students only includes those students who were continuously enrolled from the October FTE Count Day through the end of the state testing window, i.e. Full Academic Year or FAY, and participated in the test.

Greatest Gain Award Criteria

For elementary schools, the criteria used for the Greatest Gain award is below.

• Platinum Schools must have made AYP for 3 consecutive years and have a minimum of 35% Exceeding Standards and a Meets and Exceeds Gain equal to or greater than 4.29%.
• Gold Schools must have made AYP for 2 consecutive years and have a minimum of 30% Exceeding Standards and a Meets and Exceeds Gain equal to or greater than 6.76%.
• Silver Schools must have made AYP for 2 consecutive years and have a minimum of 25% Exceeding Standards and a Meets and Exceeds Gain equal to or greater than 6.23%.
• Bronze Schools must not be in Needs Improvement status and have a minimum of 20% Exceeding Standards and a Meets and Exceeds Gain equal to or greater than 9.92%.

Highest Percentage Award Criteria

For elementary schools, the criteria used for the Highest Percentage award is below.

• Platinum Schools must have made AYP for 3 consecutive years and have a minimum of 35% Exceeding Standards and at least 98.02% of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards.
• Gold Schools must have made AYP for 2 consecutive years and have a minimum of 30% Exceeding Standards and at least 97.04% of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards.
• Silver Schools must have made AYP for 2 consecutive years and have a minimum of 25% Exceeding Standards and at least 96.03% of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards.
• Bronze Schools must not be in Needs Improvement status and have a minimum of 20% Exceeding Standards and at least 95.02% of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards