The latest

Georgia Public Education Report Card released this week

finds Coweta County ranking near the bottom of the metro

Atlanta region in several categories.

The report

card was released by the state Department of Education

Monday and offers parents and other interested parties a

comprehensive comparison of school systems around the

state.

Coweta

County students ranked 46th in the state with an average

Scholastic Aptitude Test of 962. Only Spalding County,

with a ranking of 111, and the city of Atlanta, which

ranked 151, rated lower in the region than Coweta.

Neighboring

Fayette County topped the state rankings with an average

score of 1048, while five of the other top 10 slots were

occupied by metro school systems.

In

individual school rankings, Newnan High School ranked

99th, while East Coweta came in at 129 out of 330 schools

that took the test.

The results

were not that much better at the lower levels. The report

card evaluated systems also on grade three scores on the

Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Coweta County students ranked

47th in the state, while neighboring Fayette County

ranked fourth.

Individually,

White Oak Elementary had the highest state ranking at 132

out of 1,071 schools taking the test.

Other

elementary school rankings included:

Northside-154.

Thomas Crossroads and

Poplar Road - 277.

Canongate - 356.

Ruth Hill and Western

- 394.

Moreland - 414.

Elm Street - 479.

J efferson Parkway - 631.

Arnco and Atkinson -

697.

Eastside - 906.

Newnan Crossing - 975.

In fifth

grade scores, Coweta's students ranked their highest,

27th out of 180 school systems. Fayette County students

ranked second, while Gwinnett students and Cobb students

ranked seventh and 15th respectively.

White Oak

again led the rankings at 49. Other schools rankings

were:

Northside - 126.

Moreland - 209.

T homas Crossroads - 223.

Poplar Road - 247.

Canongate and Elm Street

- 293.

Arnco - 359.

Jefferson Parkway -

383.

Atkinson and Western -

514.

Eastside - 612.

Ruth Hill - 919.

Newnan Crossing - 996.

More

reports on the state report card will appear in future

issues of The Coweta Citizen review.