CMS outperforms state averages for high-performing
schools
North Carolina issues first School Performance Grades
CharlotteMecklenburg
Schools had a
larger percentage
of schools earning a
B or higher on the
state’s new School
Performance Grades
system than the
statewide average.
The letter grades
were included in
the North Carolina
School Report Cards
for the 2013-2014
year, made public
Feb. 5.
Under the new system, schools are graded A-F. Grades are calculated
almost entirely on each school’s proficiency scores (80 percent of the grade),
with 20 percent of the grade based on academic growth at each school. All
public schools, including charter schools, receive a grade.
In Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, 41.4 percent of the district’s schools
were graded A or B, compared to 29.4 percent for the state overall. The
district had 70.1 percent of its schools receiving a grade of C or higher,
compared to 70.8 for the state. High schools are graded using additional
indicators of college and career readiness; 24 of 25 CMS high schools earned
a C or better for a total of 96 percent, compared to 88.8 percent statewide.
Sixty-four percent of CMS high schools were graded A or B, compared to 47.7
percent for the state.
“Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is working to prepare every student for a
successful future and the new letter grades do not change our commitment to
that goal,” said CMS Superintendent Ann Clark.
In CMS, 17 schools, or 10.8 percent, received an A grade. Forty-eight
schools, or 30.6 percent, received a B; 45 schools, or 28.7 percent, received
a C; 36 schools, or 22.9 percent, received a D, and 11 schools, or seven
percent, received an F.
Statewide, 5.4 percent of schools received an A, 24 percent received a B,
41.4 percent received a C, 23.1 percent received a D and 6 percent received
an F.
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