- April 26, 2024
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The Flagler County School District has advanced its state ranking in a few subject areas based on high stakes testing results, but slipped in others, according to data presented at a School Board workshop Tuesday, June 16.
The information, released by the state Friday and based on standardized testing data, does not cover each subject area or grade level. The information is released in batches at different times of the year, and district’s reading and math score rankings, as well as its dropout and graduation rate ranking, are still pending.
At the elementary school level, Flagler School fifth-graders dropped from a 2014 science ranking of 28th out of the state’s 67 counties to a 2015 ranking of 36th in the state, but the ranking is still an improvement from two years ago, when the district ranked 54th in the state.
Only Bunnell Elementary School showed a year-over-year increase from last year in the number or students receiving scores if three or above, indicating that they are performing at or above proficiency level: 54% got scores of three or higher this year, while just 52% did last year.
Middle schoolers did better: Eighth-graders rose from an overall science ranking of 28th in the state to 15th in the state, and there was improvement at both Indian Trails Middle School, where there was a 5% improvement, and at Buddy Taylor Middle School, where there was a 2% improvement.
In middle school civics, the district also dropped in state rankings, but it’s ranking was high to start with: The district dropped from 11th in the state to 15th in the state, with 70% of Flagler students receiving scores showing performance at or above proficiency.
At the high school level, the district’s biology end-of-course exam ranking rose from 42nd in the state to 26th. The district’s percentage of students scoring at or above proficiency level didn’t change — it was 66% in 2015 and in 2014 — but the district rose in the rankings because the percentage of students statewide who received scores of three or above dropped 3%.
In U.S. history end-of-course exams, the district’s ranking dropped from 8th in the state to 19th in the state, and the percentage of Flagler students scoring at or above proficiency dropped from 74% to 69%. The percentage of students scoring at or above proficiency in U.S. history statewide rose 1%.
BOX: Flagler Schools state rankings
Fifth grade science: ranking out of 67 counties
2015: 36th
2014: 28th
2013: 36th
2012: 54th
Flagler students scoring at or above proficiency level (2015): 50%
Florida students scoring at or above proficiency level (2015): 53%
Eighth grade science: ranking out of 67 counties
2015: 15th
2014: 28th
2013: 43rd
2012: 43rd
Flagler students scoring at or above proficiency level (2015): 53%
Florida students scoring at or above proficiency level (2015): 48%
Middle school civics: ranking out of 67 counties
2015: 15th
2014: 11th
(No testing data before 2014)
Flagler students scoring at or above proficiency level (2015): 70%
Florida students scoring at or above proficiency level (2015): 65%
High school biology: ranking out of 67 counties
2015: 26th
2014: 42nd
2013: 5th
2012: 22nd
Flagler students scoring at or above proficiency level (2015): 66%
Florida students scoring at or above proficiency level (2015): 65%
High school U.S. history: ranking out of 67 counties
2015: 19th
2014: 8th
2013: 13th
(No testing data before 2013)
Flagler students scoring at or above proficiency level (2015): 69%
Florida students scoring at or above proficiency level (2015): 66%
To view the ranking report presented at the June 16 School Board workshop, click HERE.
