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Education: The Best- and Worst-Performing Schools of East Atlanta Patch
The College and Career Ready Performance Index is Georgia's new system to gauge the quality of our local schools.
The Georgia Department of Education has a new system for rating the quality of every public school in the Peach State.
Based on the College and Career Ready Performance Index, East Atlanta Patch neighborhoods boast some of the best elementary schools in the city, including Drew Charter, Mary Lin and Atlanta Neighborhood Charter schools.
But when it comes to middle and high schools, there's some work left to be done.
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The CCRPI is based on a scale of 100 and scores are calculated wih three main components:
- Achievement (70 points)
- Progress (15 points)
- Achievement Gap (15 points).
An additional 10 points, called challenge points, may be earned if a school has a significant number of students who are economically disadvantaged, English as a Second Language learners or disabled are meeting expectations.
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Here's how it breaks down for the schools of East Atlanta Patch:
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Atlanta Neighborhood Charter
Ormewood Park/Grant Park 92.2 Wesley International Academy Custer/McDonough/Guice 80.5 Parkside Grant Park 69.4 Toomer Kirkwood 66.2 East Lake (Closed) East Lake 62.6 Hope-Hill Old Fourth Ward 61.1 D.H. Stanton Peoplestown 57.9 Burgess-Peterson Academy East Atlanta 57.4 Whitefoord Edgewood 56.1 Cook (Closed) Capitol Gateway 52.3 Benteen Benteen Park 50.7 Thomasville Heights Thomasville Heights 42.4 Georgia Statewide Average 83.4MIDDLE SCHOOLS
(**Inman Middle School is not in East Atlanta Patch but draws some of its students from Patch neighborhoods. It is included for comparative analysis.)
HIGH SCHOOLS
SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD SCORE **Grady Midtown 70.5 Tech (Closed) Reynoldstown 65.3 ^^McNair Brookwood 63.7 Jackson Edgewood (Temporary) 55.3 ~~Crim Kirkwood 29.2 Georgia Statewide Average 72.6(**Grady High School is not in East Atlanta Patch but draws some of its students from Patch neighborhoods. It is included for comparative analysis. ^^McNair High School is a DeKalb County School. ~~Crim High School is an alternative school that draws its students from across the city of Atlanta.)
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