Find out if your Columbus area school ‘Beat the Odds’ or is ‘Below Expected Range’
The number of Columbus public schools “Beating the Odds” has increased during the past year.
“Beating the Odds” is a statistical analysis by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement that compares a school’s scores on the state report card, called the College and Career Ready Performance Index, with the CCRPI of schools that have similar characteristics in Georgia.
Schools that produce higher CCRPI scores than similar schools receive the “Beating the Odds” designation, meaning they perform better than expected.
In 2019, 23 of the Muscogee County School District’s 54 schools received the “Beating the Odds” designation, meaning they performed better than expected because they produced higher CCRPI scores than schools comparable in size, demographics and other factors.
That’s three more “Beating the Odds” schools in MCSD compared to the 20 in 2018.
But also comparing 2019 to 2018, MCSD has three more “Below Expected Range” schools, meaning 15 schools have CCRPI scores worse than their characteristics would predict.
The rest of MCSD’s schools, 16 of them, received the “Within Expected Range” designation for 2019, meaning their CCRPI scores were around what would be predicted based on their characteristics.
CALCULATION FACTORS
GOSA includes the following school characteristics in its “Beating the Odds” calculation:
- Percentage of economically disadvantaged students.
- Percentage of English language learners.
- Percentage of students with disabilities.
- Percentage of students in each race/ethnicity.
- Percentage of female students.
- Student mobility.
- School size.
- Whether a school is defined as non-traditional.
- School type (elementary, middle, high and schools that span grade clusters).
Compared to the three other school districts in Georgia’s second-tier cities, MCSD is ahead. It is first in highest percentage of “Beating the Odds” schools (43%) and first in lowest percentage of “Below Expected Range” schools (28%).
Out of the 35 public schools in Bibb County (Macon), 10 are “Beating the Odds” (29%) and 11 are “Below Expected Range” (31%).
Out of the 56 public schools in Chatham County (Savannah), 12 are “Beating the Odds” (21%) and 21 are “Below Expected Range” (38%).
Out of the 53 public schools in Richmond County, six are “Beating the Odds” (11%) and 31 are “Below Expected Range” (59%).
Here are the “Beating the Odds” designations for the MCSD schools, listed in order of their 2019 CCRPI score, which is on a 100-point scale:
Beating the Odds (23)
Elementary schools (15): Mathews 93.6, Eagle Ridge 88.5, Clubview 85.2, Downton 81.3, Johnson 78.8, Lonnie Jackson 76.9, Wynnton 76.9, Waddell 73.9, South Columbus 70.6, Forrest Road 70, Key 66.3, Martin Luther King Jr. 65.9, Davis 64.3, Dorothy Height 61.6 and Fox 61.1.
Middle schools (4): Aaron Cohn 93.8, Blackmon Road 89.7, Richards 78.1 and Midland 78.
High schools (4): Rainey-McCullers (grades 6-12) 92.2, Northside 86.1, Early College (now merged with Jordan) 84.7 and Carver 72.4.
Within Expected Range (16)
Elementary schools (7): Britt David 95.4, Midland 80.7, Gentian 71.5, River Road 70.9, Hannan 65.8, Dawson 64.8 and Brewer 54.
Middle schools (5): Veterans Memorial 80.8, Arnold 66.7, East Columbus 60.5, Rothschild 57.1 and Eddy 57.
High schools (4): Columbus 95, Hardaway 69.7, Jordan 64.3 and Spencer 62.6.
Below Expected Range (15)
Elementary schools (10): North Columbus 80.9, Blanchard 72.8, Reese Road 67.3, Double Churches 67, Allen 66, Georgetown 58.4, Dimon 57.7, Rigdon Road 55.1, Wesley Heights 54 and St. Marys Road 51.9.
Middle schools (3): Fort 62.2, Double Churches 60 and Baker 47.8.
High schools (2): Shaw 69.3 and Kendrick 60.8.
Harris County
Only one of Harris County’s seven public schools received the Beating the Odds designation. That’s the same number as last year, but this time it’s a different school.
Beating the Odds (1): Park Elementary School 81.4.
Within Expected Range (2): Harris County High School 80.9 and Creekside School (grades 5-6) 79.9.
Below Expected Range (4): Pine Ridge Elementary School 77.8, Mulberry Creek Elementary School 75.8, Harris County Carver Middle School, 75.7 and New Mountain Hill Elementary School 70.4.
Chattahoochee County
Among the three Chattahoochee County public schools, the elementary school, with a CCRPI of 75, is the only one that received the Beating the Odds designation in 2019.
The high schools, with a CCRPI of 79.1, is Within Expected Range. The middle school, with a CCRPI of 68, is Below Expected Range.
All three schools received the Beating the Odds designation in 2018.
This story was originally published January 21, 2020 at 11:05 AM.
