The report
card is in for South Fulton's elementary schools.
Each year,
the Georgia Public Policy Foundation analyzes each of the state's schools
using test scores and poverty rates to present an overview of how schools
rank across the state.
This year,
out of 1,086 elementary schools in the state, E.C. West Elementary in
Fairburn had the highest ranking of the South Fulton schools at 489th.
Other rankings
included:
Campbell
Elementary 776th.
Gullatt
Elementary 825th.
Palmetto
Elementary 985th.
The foundation
averages the math and reading scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.
The report card also figures in the percentage of fifth grade students
with scores above the 50th percentile in reading and math.
The study
also looks at the poverty rate for each school. The poverty rate is
determined by the number of students eligible for free or reduced lunches.
Campbell
and E.C. West improved their test scores slightly from last year, while
Palmetto and Gullatt dropped.
Next week,
the South Fulton Citizen will examine test scores at the county's high
schools and middle schools.
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