East Cobb schools at all grade levels topped Cobb County School District results for the 2019 CCRPI tests—the College and Career Ready Performance Index that the state of Georgia uses as its main educational accountability measure.
Timber Ridge, Mountain View, Murdock, Mt. Bethel, Garrison Mill, Shallowford Falls, Sope Creek, East Side, Kincaid and Tritt all had overall CCRPI scores of 90 or above (out of a possible 100) at the elementary school level.
Among middle schools, Hightower Trail, Simpson, Dodgen, Dickerson and Mabry also scored 90 or higher.
Walton, Lassiter and Pope scored likewise among high schools.
Some of the biggest year-to-year gains also occurred at other East Cobb schools.
Kincaid Elementary in northeast Cobb had an overall score of 92.2, up from 70.8 from 2018. Eastvalley’s score jumped from 73.9 to 81.8. Students at Powers Ferry raised their overall scores from 65 to 75.3.
Daniell Middle School enjoyed a significant boost, with a CCRPI score of 86.3, up from 66 in 2018. At East Cobb Middle School, students tested at 82.7, a rise from 67.1 last year.
Across the district, Cobb schools tested at an average of 6.5 points higher than 2018, at 86.1 points out of a possible 100. That’s higher than the state average of 75.9.
“Although we believe there are significant opportunities to better reflect what students know, CCRPI scores show students across the District and across all grade levels are finding success,” Cobb school superintendent Chris Ragsdale said in a statement.
In the CCRPI tests, students are assessed in several ways, including content mastery (30 percent), progress (30 percent), closing performance gaps (15 percent), readiness (15-20 percent), and at the high school level, graduation rates (10 percent).
After the Georgia Department of Education changed the formula last year—much to the chagrin of Cobb school officials—schools saw their overall numbers, as well as figures in separate categories, adjust, especially at the elementary school level.
At Mountain View Elementary, for example, students scored 100s in content mastery, progress and closing performance gaps. What that means is all students tested in those categories achieved those benchmarks.
One of the most important indicators is closing the gap, which is a figure to calculate year-to-year improvement by subgroups of students.
As a big part of its improved score, East Cobb Middle School got a 100 score in closing the gap (as did Hightower Trail and Simpson).
What follows are overall CCRPI scores for schools in East Cobb, compared to 2018 results in parenthesis. A more detailed chart will be published early next week. For full Cobb school district details, click here.
Elementary Schools
- Addison, 88.7 (83.2)
- Bells Ferry, 86.3 (80.9)
- Blackwell, 77.0 (76.7)
- Brumby, 68.9 (63.0)
- Davis, 83.9 (86.7)
- East Side, 93.1 (89.5)
- Eastvalley, 81.8 (73.9)
- Garrison Mill, 95.3 (91.9)
- Keheley, 73.2 (78.1)
- Kincaid, 92.2 (70.8)
- Mt. Bethel, 95.6 (95.6)
- Mountain View, 98.6 (91.9)
- Murdock, 96.4 (92.0)
- Nicholson, 71.5 (73.9)
- Powers Ferry, 75.3 (65.0)
- Rocky Mount, 84.6 (82.7)
- Sedalia Park, 76.5 (71.0)
- Shallowford Falls, 94.7 (93.7)
- Sope Creek, 94.5 (92.2)
- Timber Ridge, 99.3 (93.3)
- Tritt, 90.2 (84.7)
Middle Schools
- Daniell, 86.3 (66.0)
- Dickerson, 94.3 (90.0)
- Dodgen, 95.3 (91.8)
- East Cobb, 82.7 (67.1)
- Hightower Trail, 96.4 (91.8)
- Mabry, 94.7 (84.7)
- McCleskey, 88.1 (83.0)
- Simpson, 95.9 (94.7)
High Schools
- Kell, 79.8 (80.4)
- Lassiter, 96.2 (95.8)
- Pope, 91.6 (91.5)
- Sprayberry, 83.0 (83.9)
- Walton, 96.3 (96.3)
- Wheeler, 88.8 (87.8)
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