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DeKalb Schools 2017 Turnaround, Priority & Focus Schools

Turnaround Eligible Schools replaces the “Chronically Failing Schools” expression that GOSA used in prior years.
Priority School is a school which has a 3-year average of CCRPI Content Mastery scores in the lowest 5% or is a high school with a graduation rate less than 60% for 2 consecutive years.
Focus School is a school which has a 3-year average of CCRPI Achievement Gap scores in the lowest 10%. Achievement Gap compares the lowest 25% of achievers in a school with the state average.
Title I Schools – 99% of schools in Region 3, 4 and 5 are Title I

Yellow Schools

– Removed From Chronically Failing School List

Red Schools

– Added to Chronically Failing School List


DeKalb Schools 2017 Turnaround Eligible (Chronically Failing) Schools

Region School Name Title I Priority School Focus School Chronically Failing School 2016 2015 Final CCRPI Score 2016 Final CCRPI Score 2017 CCRPI Score Change from 2016 to 2017
1 Cross Keys HS X X 74.4 81.9 78.3 -3.6
1 Dresden ES X X 54.9 48.8 57.1 8.3
1 Montclair ES X X X 55 52 52.7 0.7
2 Smoke Rise ES X X 61.8 59.3 69.1 9.8
2 Avondale ES X 58.5 56.1 59.2 3.1
3 Clarkston HS X X 72.1 70.9 75.4 4.5
3 Dunaire ES X X 53.2 48.8 53.5 4.7
3 E.L. Miller ES X X X 55.9 57.6 57.6 0
3 Freedom MS X X 56.5 61.4 65 3.6
3 Jolly ES X X 53.8 56.5 62.3 5.8
3 Princeton ES X X 54.3 61.5 56.7 -4.8
3 Redan ES X X 58 46.7 56.5 9.8
4 Browns Mill ES X X X 56.3 51.8 51.2 -0.6
4 Chapel Hill ES X X 57.5 50 63.4 13.4
4 Destiny Achievers Academy X X 52.7 48.4 54.8 6.4
4 Fairington ES X X 43.9 45.9 53.6 7.7
4 Flat Rock ES X X 59.4 55.3 58.2 2.9
4 Lithonia MS X X 65.6 47.1 55.9 8.8
4 Panola Way ES X X 52.3 42.5 59.6 17.1
4 Stoneview ES X X X 46.3 45.8 55.6 9.8
5 Barack H. Obama ES X X X NA NA 59.2 NA
5 Canby Lane ES X X X 54.9 57.1 62.1 5
5 Cedar Grove MS X X 55.2 51.7 60.5 8.8
5 Columbia ES X X 57.3 53 60 7
5 Columbia HS X X 67.8 64.7 68 3.3
5 Flat Shoals ES X X 45.9 47.5 51.1 3.6
5 Mary M. Bethune MS X X X 55.2 54.9 61.7 6.8
5 McNair HS X X 64.4 58.2 64.5 6.3
5 McNair MS X X 53.1 52 58.2 6.2
5 Oakview ES X X 46.7 47.7 55.5 7.8
5 Peachcrest ES X X X NA 44.1 49.2 5.1
5 Ronald E McNair Discovery X X X 48.1 53.6 58 4.4
5 Rowland ES X X 54.2 54.9 54.1 -0.8
5 Snapfinger ES X X X 53.6 50.4 55.3 4.9
5 Toney ES X X X 57.7 54.3 51.4 -2.9
5 Towers HS X X 61.3 57.2 59.6 2.4