Pickens County Public School Data

State Rank - State ranking out of the 1176 elementary schools in Georgia. The rank is determined by the Achievement Score. The Percentage Exceeding Standards serves as a tiebreaker. If both of these criteria are equal, there is a tie and the schools are listed with equal rank in alphabetical order by school name.
Achievement Score - Average of: 1. The percentage of students in the school that meet or exceed standards in reading on the third-grade CRCT. 2. The percentage of students in the school that meet or exceed standards in math on the third-grade CRCT.
Point Change - Difference between the New Achievement Score and the Last Achievement Score.
Exceeds Standards - Average of: 1. The percentage of students in the school that exceed standards in reading on the third-grade CRCT. 2. The percentage of students in the school that exceed standards in math on the third-grade CRCT.
Poverty Index - Measures how well a school is performing relative to its poverty rate. A score above zero indicates better than expected performance, below zero indicates lower than expected performance, and zero indicates that the school is performing as expected.
Poverty Rate - The percentage of students eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch provides an indicator of the poverty level of the students attending the school.
Additional Information - See the legend at the base of these tables for symbol interpretations.

State Rank - State ranking out of 476 middle schools in Georgia. The rank is determined by the achievement score. The percentage exceeding standards serves as a tiebreaker. If both of these criteria are equal, there is a tie and the schools are listed with equal rank in alphabetical order by school name.
Achievement Score - Average of: 1. The percentage of students in the school that meet or exceed standards in reading on the eighth-grade CRCT. 2. The percentage of students in the school that meet or exceed standards in math on the eighth-grade CRCT.
Point Change - Difference between the New Achievement Score and the Last Achievement Score.
Exceeds Standards - Average of: 1. The percentage of students in the school that exceed standards in reading on the eighth-grade CRCT. 2. The percentage of students in the school that exceed standards in math on the eighth-grade CRCT.
Poverty Index - Measures how well a school is performing relative to its poverty rate. A score above zero indicates better than expected perfor-mance, below zero indicates lower than expected performance, and zero indicates that the school is performing as expected.
Poverty Rate - The percentage of students eligible to receive free/reduced-price lunch provides an indicator of the poverty level.
Additional Information - See the legend at the base of these tables for symbol interpretations.

State Rank - State ranking out of 369 high schools in Georgia. The rank is determined by the Achievement Score. The % Exceeds serves as a tiebreaker. If both of these criteria are equal, there is a tie and the schools are listed with equal rank in alphabetical order by school name.
Achievement Score - Average of: 1. The percentage of students in the school that score in the Meets/Exceeds range in English Language Arts. 2. The percentage of students in the school that score in the Meets/Exceeds range in math on the Georgia High School Graduation Test.
Point Change - Difference between the New Achievement Score and the Last Achievement Score.
Exceeds Standards - Average of: 1. The percentage of students in the school that exceed standards in English Language Arts on the GHSGT. 2. The percentage of students in the school that exceed standards in math on the GHSGT.
Poverty Index - Measures how well a school is performing relative to its poverty rate. A score above zero indicates better than expected perfor-mance, below zero indicates lower than expected performance, and zero indicates that the school is performing as expected.
Poverty Rate - The percentage of students eligible to receive free/reduced-price lunch provides an indicator of the poverty level of the students attending the school.

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u(value) - Upward Movement in State School Rankings and by How Many Places
d(value) - Downward Movement in State School Rankings and by How Many Places
n/a - Data Not Available