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Mountain Brook Schools Receive Top Grade
The state report cards were released this week, and while the state received a 'B' grade, Mountain Brook was an A+.
MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL - The state report for public schools was released Friday, and the state received a decent 'B' grade overall, while Mountain Brook City Schools received top scores in all six of the system's schools.
The state overall received a score of 80 - or a B - and Mountain Brook received a score of 98. The individual schools were graded:
- Brookwood Forest Elementary: 99
- Cherokee Bend Elementary: 100
- Crestline Elementary: 99
- Mountain Brook Elementary: 99
- Mountain Brook High School: 98
- Mountain Brook Junior High School: 99
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The grades are based on the 2017-2018 school year. All schools were graded on:
- Academic achievement: Schools must meet the 95 percent participation rate for all students and subgroups
- English language proficiency: Progress towards English proficiency on state assessment – WIDA ACCESS for ELLs 2.0
- School quality or student success: Attendance – rates of chronic absenteeism
Elementary and middle schools were graded based on:
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- Academic achievement: Proficiency on state English language arts and math assessments – Scantron Performance Series
- Other academic indicator: Student growth on state English language arts and math assessments – Scantron Performance Series
High schools were graded on:
- Academic achievement
- Proficiency on state English language arts and math assessments – ACT exam
- Student growth on state English language arts and math assessments – ACT Aspire and ACT exam
- Graduation rate
- Four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate
- Five-year adjusted cohort graduation rate
- School quality or student success: Meeting any of the following college- and career-readiness milestones.
- Scoring 18 in English, 22 in math, 22 in reading or 23 in science on the ACT exam; scoring 3 or higher on an AP exam; scoring 4 or higher on an IB exam; or earning a silver certificate or higher on the ACT WorkKeys exam
- Attaining college credit or a career and technical education industry credential
- Enlisting in the military
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