Press release from Henderson County Public Schools:
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 1, 2016) – Henderson County Public Schools are celebrating continued improvement in student and school performance, following today’s release of the N.C. Department of Instruction’s 2016 state accountability results – which measure academic proficiency and growth, as well as school grades.
Twenty-one schools (91 percent) met or exceeded growth in academic performance expected by the state as compared to 82 percent of HCPS schools in 2015, with North Henderson High School seeing the system’s largest individual growth index at 15.23, and Edneyville Elementary leading all district elementary schools by posting a growth index of 5.44 in the 2015-16 school year.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.”
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