A Different Day or Going GPS in Public Education State Superintendent June Atkinson

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Analyzing

Legend: 100% - 95% Yellow 94% - 90%Blue 89% - 85%Green 84% - 80%Red Graduation Rates by LEA

Western Region Highest LEA Graduation Rate Clay County – 87.6% Polk County – 82.1% Yancey County – 80.6%

Northwest Region Highest LEA Graduation Rate Elkin City – 88.2% Catawba County – 83.8% Mount Airy City Schools – 81.8% Avery County Schools – 81.0%

Top Two Schools by 9 th Grade Cohort Size – Hendersonville High (W) – 96.4% Henderson County Murphy High (W) – 87.8% Cherokee County Mount Airy High (NW) – 81.8% Mount Airy City East Wilkes High (NW) – 81.5% Wilkes County

Top Two Schools by 9 th Grade Cohort Size – Fred T. Foard High (NW) – 89.4% Catawba County West Henderson High (W) – 89.1% Henderson County North Buncombe High (W) – 87.9% Buncombe County Hibriten High (NW) – 76.7% Caldwell County

Top Two Schools by 9 th Grade Cohort Size – St. Stephens High (NW) – 89.3% Catawba County A.C. Reynolds High (W) – 82.7% Buncombe County Hickory High (NW) – 81.1% Hickory City Enka High (W) – 76.3% Buncombe County

Top Two Schools by 9 th Grade * Cohort Size – Lake Norman High (NW) – 92.8% Iredell County West Forsyth High (NW) – 86.9% Forsyth County McDowell High (W) % McDowell County *no other school this cohort size in W

Top Two Schools by 9 th Grade* Cohort Size – 500+ Davie County High (NW) – 71.9% Davie County *No other schools in W and NW had 500+ cohort size

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Re-calculating Formative and Benchmark Assessments

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