Six Hamilton County Schools are listed as Reward Schools - among the top five percent of performing schools in the state.
Here are the area Reward Schools:
Grundy County
Tracy Elementary School Progress
Hamilton County
Daisy Elementary School Progress
East Side Elementary School Progress
Hamilton County Collegiate High at Chattanooga State Performance
Lookout Mountain Elementary School Performance
Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts Performance
Thrasher Elementary School Performance
Bradley County
Michigan Avenue Performance
Cleveland City
Arnold Memorial Elementary School Progress
Polk County
Polk County High School Progress
Schools are designated as Reward for performance for overall student achievement. This designation is determined annually by a one-year success rate. A success rate is calculated by adding together the total number of proficient or advanced students in each subject and dividing by the total number of test takers for each subject.
Schools are designated as Reward for progress for having high student growth. This designation is determined by a one-year TVAAS school composite.
The list was approved by the State Board of Education on August 3, 2015.
2015 Reward School Highlights
- 170 total Reward Schools
- 76 Reward Performance only
- 85 Reward Progress only
- 9 Reward Performance and Progress
- 59 districts have Reward schools
- 93 Reward schools are Title I
One Reward school exited Priority status in 2015; two Reward schools exited Focus status in 2015.
Seventy-five of the 2015 Reward schools were also Reward schools in 2014.
The department also recognized 12 districts as Exemplary for significantly improving student performance and narrowing achievement gaps: Arlington City, Bartlett City, Germantown City, Hawkins County, Huntingdon Special Schools, Knox County, Lakeland City, Manchester City, McKenzie Special Schools, Monroe County, Rhea County, and Sequatchie County. Only two of these districts, Sequatchie County and McKenzie Special Schools, have been identified as Exemplary Districts in prior years.
“We believe these districts are models for our work across the state. They all face different challenges and have different best practices to share,” McQueen said. “We look forward to learning from both our Exemplary Districts and Reward Schools throughout the school year.”
While Reward Schools are announced annually as part of the state accountability system, Priority and Focus Schools are named every three years with the most recent list announced in August 2014. Tennessee’s new waiver from the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) includes exit criteria for Priority and Focus Schools. These criteria allow schools to exit the Priority and Focus lists prior to a new list being announced.