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NHHS, Edneyville Elementary lead district in academic growth

By Bill Moss, Published: September 1, 2016

Nine out of 10 Henderson County public schools showed improvement in student scores and school performance in the 2015-16 school year, according to state accountability results released Friday.

Twenty-one schools (91 percent) met or exceeded growth in academic performance expected by the state compared to 82 percent of HCPS schools in 2015. North Henderson High School saw the system’s largest individual growth index at 15.23, and Edneyville Elementary led all district elementary schools with a growth index of 5.44 last school year, according to the report cards issued by the N.C. Department of Instruction.

As a whole, district performance showed gains in the total percentage of students meeting grade level standards, increasing its overall proficiency composite to 70.5% and improving 14.1 percentage points in meeting federal performance targets for various student subgroups.

In particular, academic performance increased in 5th grade Science by 11 percentage points, in 8th grade Math by 7 percentage points, in Math I by 7 percentage points, and in 8th grade Reading by 6 percentage points.

As of the 2013-14 school year, the N.C. General Assembly requires that schools receive individual letter grades, which are comprised of student achievement (80 percent) and growth (20 percent) on state standardized assessments. Though the state’s detailed School Report Cards are not released by NCDPI until mid-October, each school’s letter grade is included in the September 1 accountability results.

Henderson County Public Schools is now home to two “A+” schools (up from one in 2015), one “A” school, 14 “B” schools (up from 12 in 2015), and six “C” schools (down from seven in 2015).

“We are very proud of the growth and improvement in our student learning results for last year,” said Dr. Kathy Revis, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction. “This is the result of very focused and purposeful work by our teachers, students, and principals along with the support of our parents and community.”