“The assessment, the scores, and the status titles that go with them show very measurable progress in learning in Graves County,” said Assistant Superintendent Carla Whitis, who serves as secondary instructional supervisor and district assessment coordinator.
“This is definitely the upward trend in assessment scores we’ve worked toward.” added Graves County elementary instructional supervisor Amanda Henson.
“We thank and congratulate the faculty and staff, parents, and students for their diligence, hard work, and success,” said Superintendent Kim Dublin. “I also commend Carla Whitis, Amanda Henson, and (district technology integration director) Amanda Henderson for their leadership and guidance in the progress we’ve made in student learning.”
The district as a whole again qualified as a Distinguished District, ranking among the top 12 percent of districts statewide.
Central, Symsonia, Sedalia, Lowes, Fancy Farm, and Farmington elementary schools earned the title of Distinguished Schools. They met their current year annual measurable objectives and student participation rates.
Central and Farmington elementary schools are classified as Schools of Distinction. That means each met its current annual measurable objective and student participation rate. Elementary Schools of Distinction are the highest-performing level of all elementary schools, those with overall scores at the 95th percentile or higher that met the criteria.
Wingo Elementary, Graves County High School, and Graves County Middle School each earned the status of Proficient.
Graves County Middle School also earned the status of High Progress School, which means it met its current annual measurable objective, student participation rate, and has an improvement score indicating the school is in the top 10 percent of improvement.