Scores: Students improve over previous year results
State 2024 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) scores for the Fannin County School System show increases from the previous year.
Roof said, “Overall, our 2024 CCRPI data improved compared to our 2023 CCRPI data,” with increases in 15 categories district wide.
The school system was judged based on Content Mastery, Progress, Closing the Gaps and Readiness.
Chief Academic Officer Dr. Lucas Roof stated that “what makes CCRPI a better gauge of learning than strictly looking at Georgia Milestones scores and Content Mastery is that CCRPI also measures Progress and Closing the Gaps. The Progress section of CCRPI measures student growth by comparing ‘apples to apples’ with Student Growth Percentiles.”
The high school received the highest Content Mastery score among the local schools at 72.6 versus the state’s 68.2. Increases were given across the board in American Literature, Biology and U.S. History.
Math increases or decreases are not shown in Content Mastery as “Spring of 2024 will be the new baseline year for mathematics. This is due to an updated set of mathematics instructional standards that were rolled out by the Georgia Department of Education between the Spring of 2023 Georgia Milestones and the Spring of 2024 Georgia Milestones,” Roof said.
The high school shows a 76.7 Readiness score, which is an increase. While 67.82% scored at or above grade-level reading, 66.52% showed College and Career Readiness, which was a decrease.
Both four-year and five-year graduation rates were flagged for having met their improvement targets with a decrease in the four-year rate and increase in the five-year rate. Overall, the system’s graduation rate decreased slightly at 92.1 but still exceeded the state’s average of 85.7.
The high school and each elementary school received 100 on Closing the Gaps, “which measures the extent to which all students are meeting annual achievement improvement targets,” Roof said.
Fannin County Middle School was given 58.5 in Content Mastery. An increase was recorded in English language arts while decreases are shown in science and Social Studies.
Overall, the elementary schools averaged 62.6 on Content Mastery compared to a 67.8 state average. English language arts and science saw increases with over 99% of students having participated. Social Studies was not an elementary category for Content Mastery.
Although it was an increase, Roof said during a recent school board meeting that the score is not necessarily where they’d like to be. Elementary Progress saw a 12-point increase at 83.7; the middle school with a 4-point increase at 85.8, and the high school at 61.3; though, results did not show whether that score was an increase or decrease.
“Our improvements in CCRPI Content Mastery and CCRPI Progress would not be possible without all of our amazing teachers and employees,” Roof added. “FCSS teachers and employees care about their students and are willing to go above and beyond to help them succeed. We appreciate their hard work and dedication.”