MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOW IMPROVEMENT AFTER SCHOOL
GRADE RELEASE
45 out of 50 Schools Maintain or Improve Their
Annual Grade, 1 Point Shy of “B” District Grade
MARION
COUNTY – Florida’s Department of Education (FDOE) released
district and school grades Wednesday. After showing growth and improving
scores in nearly every grade level and subject matter tested, Marion County
Public Schools earned a “C” district grade, just 1 point shy of maintaining the
“B” district grade, with this year’s newly-adopted and more rigorous grading
scale.
Key
Highlights:
- Marion
County Public Schools increased in nine out of the eleven components when
compared to the last time learning gains were calculated after the
2021-2022 school year. The 2022-2023 school year was an Informational
Baseline year after the introduction of new Florida standards.
- Marion
County students overall showed significant increases this year in Learning
Gains for Math (44% to 48%).
- Even
more significant increases were shown in Learning Gains for English
Language Arts (47% to 54%) and Lowest Quartile Learning Gains in English
Language Arts (38% to 52%) and Math (43% to 53%), which are at the highest
levels since 2016.
- When
it comes to individual school grades, 45 out of 50 schools maintained or
improved their school grade over the 2022-2023 school year, which is an
increase from 39 after the 2022-2023 school year.
- A
total of five schools maintained “A” grades including Dr. N.H. Jones
Elementary, Eighth Street Elementary, Ina A. Colen Academy, Madison Street
Academy, and Ward-Highlands Elementary, while Hammett Bowen Jr. Elementary
improved from a “B” to an “A”.
- In
addition to Hammett Bowen Jr. Elementary, seven other schools improved at
least one letter grade including Greenway Elementary (B), Harbour View
Elementary (C), Howard Middle (B), Marion Charter School (B), Reddick-Collier
Elementary (C), Sparr Elementary (B), and Wyomina Park Elementary (C).
- Only
one traditional public school earned a “D” grade (Oakcrest Elementary),
which is an improvement from three “D” schools in 2022-2023 and two “D”
schools in 2021-2022. The other “D” graded school (Ocali Charter High
School) and the only “F” graded school (McIntosh Area School) are charter
schools.
For
more information contact the Florida Department of Education or click
here.
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