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Cobb Schools Exceed State CCRPI Average for Fourth Straight Year

The state Department of Education released the 2015 CCRPI scores on Tuesday.

The Georgia Department of Education releases its 2015 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) scores on Tuesday, and for the fourth straight year, Cobb's district score of 79.7 exceeded the state average.

Scores for Cobb schools on the 2015 CCRPI exceeded average scores for Georgia schools at all three levels: elementary, middle, and high.

The CCRPI measures the academic achievement and progress of individual schools, school systems, and the state itself on a 100-point scale. The CCRPI represents Georgia’s accountability system.

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Sope Creek (95.5) and Mount Bethel (94.2) had the highest CCRPI scores among Cobb’s elementary schools.

Six other elementary schools exceeded 90.0: East Side, Ford, Garrison Mill, Kemp, Murdock, and Timber Ridge.

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Thirty-one Cobb elementary schools exceeded the state elementary average of 76.0.

Dodgen (98.4) and Hightower Trail (96.5) were the top scoring middle schools in Cobb. Dickerson and Mabry also exceeded 90.0.

Nineteen of Cobb’s 25 middle schools exceeded the middle school state average of 71.2.

Lassiter (98.7) and Walton (96.8) led Cobb’s high schools.

Five other high schools also exceeded 90.0: Allatoona, Harrison, Hillgrove, Kennesaw Mountain, and Pope.

Twelve Cobb high schools exceeded the high school state average of 75.8.

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