It's the

best of times and the worst of times for schools on

Coweta County's east side.

That's the

results from this year's Georgia's Report Card for

parents, compiled by The Center for Education Policy.

In this

year's ranking for elementary schools, White Oak

Elementary leads the pack in the county with a statewide

ranking of 51st out of 1,065 schools ranked. Canongate

ranks 351, while Eastside Elementary in Senoia ranks 685

and Newnan Crossing ranked 991. Thomas Crossroads ranked

208 and Polar road came in at number 306.

In the

elementary report, the report card evaluated students'

test scores on the math and reading comprehension

sections of 1999 Iowa Test of Basic Skills.

While none

of his schools ranked in the top 20 in the state,

superintendent of education Richard Brooks remained

positive about the report.

"Well,

we did fairly well. Nearly all of our schools showed

improvement," Brooks said.

With 1,065

schools evaluated statewide, Eastside and Newnan Crossing

finished in the bottom 25 percent. But Brooks said the

situation at those two schools is turning the corner.

"One

thing that the report card doesn't measure is

pupil-teacher ratio. We've lowered the ratio in some of

our elementary schools down to 15 to 1, where it used to

be 30 to 1," he said.

When the

report cards are released next year, Brooks expects to

see a dramatic rise in the rankings because of the lower

pupil-teacher ratio.

In middle

school rankings, Madras Middle ranked the highest in the

state at 84, while Arnall ranked number 127 and East

Coweta Middle finished at number 236. The report card

evaluated 410 middle schools.

The final

report card concerned the state's high schools. Northgate

had the highest ranking in the county at number 39 out of

319 ranked, while East Coweta came in at 123.