GCHS Again Receives ‘Exemplary’ Rating
Exemplary” status from the Texas Education Agency for its low dropout rate and its performance on the Spring, 2001 TAAS tests. The elementary school received the slightly lower “Recognized” rating, and the district as a whole was rated “Recognized”, both the same as last year.
In grades 7-12, reading scores were essentially unchanged from last year, with 99 percent of all students passing that test. Hispanic reading scores were unchanged, with 96 percent passing. Reading scores for whites were unchanged with 100 percent passing and economically disadvantaged scores were unchanged at 96 percent. In math, scores for all students went up 15 points, to 99 percent passing. Math scores were up five points for Hispanics, with 96 percent passing, and four points for whites, with 100 percent passing. Math scores jumped 12 points for the economically disadvantaged, to 96 percent passing. Ninety-five percent of all students passed the writing test, up slightly from last year, but Hispanic scores in writing rose over eight points to 94 percent passing. Reading scores for whites declined over five points to almost 95 percent passing, while the economically disadvantaged scores went up eight points to 95 percent passingFor the second year in a row, the local secondary school (grades 7-12) has achieved the coveted “.
Elementary School Scores
In the elementary school, reading scores for all students rose 2 points from last year to 99 percent passing. Hispanic reading scores jumped almost seven points to 100 percent passing, white scores were essentially unchanged at 98 percent passing, and the economically disadvantaged reading scores went up three points to 96 percent passing. Math scores were the weakest part of the elementary school’s tests, with 93 percent passing, down two points from last year’s scores. Hispanic math scores fell more than 10 points to only 79 percent passing, white scores were up slightly and 100 percent passed, while the economically disadvantaged fell more than three points to 83 percent passing. Writing scores were very strong, with all students passing, an increase of four points since last year. Both Hispanic and economically disadvantaged writing scores jumped 10 points to 100 percent passing, while white scores were unchanged with 100 percent passing.