Hooray! Today is one of our favorite days of the year! The day we announce the OEP Growth Awards!
Every year we love to celebrate the schools where students are learning SO MUCH!
OEP is focused on recognizing Arkansas schools demonstrating Outstanding Educational Performance. OEP awards are different than other awards because we focus solely on student academic growth. Unlike other indicators of school performance, academic growth is not very correlated with school demographics. This means it is reflective of what students are learning in school, not what challenges they may face due to out of school factors.
Here at OEP, we choose to highlight student academic growth because we believe that it is the best reflection of the impact that a school is having on students’ academic success.
Highest Overall Growth: Elementary Level
- The #1 elementary school for overall student growth is Poyen Elementary from Poyen School District, with an overall growth score of 90.60. Poyen is a newcomer to the top 20 list and shot right to the top!
- Westside Elementary in Searcy School District took the top spot for growth in math at 93.41.
- Vilonia Primary School from Vilonia School District had the highest growth score among all elementary schools in the state in ELA at 93.02.
Highest Overall Growth: Middle Level
- The #1 middle school for overall student growth is eSTEM Junior High Public Charter School, with an overall growth score of 88.11.
- eSTEM Junior High also was top in math growth with a growth score of 89.70.
- Students in LISA Academy Middle in Rogers-Bentonville demonstrated the greatest growth in ELA among all middle schools in the state at 88.47.
Highest Overall Growth: High School Level
- The #1 high school for overall student growth is Arkansas Arts Academy High with an overall growth score of 87.78. Arkansas Arts Academy High has not appeared on the top 20 list in 6 years, but last year kids from AAA grew more than at any other high school in the state.
- Lamar High is making their first appearance on the top 20 list by grabbing the top spot in high school math growth with an amazing 91.49.
- Prescott High students demonstrated the highest growth in ELA of all high schools in the state, with an overall growth score of 88.46.
You can see how all schools stack up in growth in our newest data visualization or a downloadable dataset for all schools in the state.
Congratulations to all our schools demonstrating Outstanding Educational Performance.
—————Stay tuned to learn about more OEP Award Winners!————–
Next up! 2024 awards for high growth schools serving high poverty populations, those who are “Beating the Odds!”