Booneville High School has been recognized by the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas as a “Beating the Odds” school.
BHS is beating odds, according to the OEP, “because students demonstrated high growth on the ATLAS exams even though the school serves a high percentage of students who participate in Free and Reduced Lunch.”
Each year the OEP creates a report entitled the Outstanding Educational Performance Awards, in which schools with high student academic growth are recognized.
“We think growth is the best indicator of the positive impact that your school is having on students,” BHS principal Amy Goers was told by OEP Executive Director Sarah McKenzie in an email about the recognition.
The email adds that in the Beating The Odds report published today, Booneville High School received the following awards:
· High Overall Growth (Statewide
· High Math Growth (Statewide)
· High Overall Growth (Northwest region)
Awards are based on the 2024 content growth score calculated by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. These growth scores reflect how much students at the school improved from 2023 compared to how much other students with similar prior achievement improved. We recognize schools based on Overall growth, as well as for growth in Math and English Language Arts separately.