Our secondary teachers, coaches, and leaders focused intensely last year on implementing interventions for students with skill gaps. They ensured students were directed, not invited or optional to attend intervention. These plans also included incentive plans for improvement. (including students being able to waive a final exam at the HS.) We are also tremendously proud to share the outcomes of those efforts:
Whitewater Middle School
On the Forward Assessment, we moved from 31.7% of students in grades 6-8 performing at or above proficiency in ELA to 37.6% in 2024 performing at or above grade level! On the Forward Assessment in math for grades 6-8, we moved from 27.8% of students at or above grade level proficiency to 42.5% at or above!
Whitewater High School
Our students showed the highest ACT outcomes since 2018 and showed an 11% increase in our composite ACT. WHS Juniors (now seniors) achieved an average composite score of 19.1 as compared to a composite average score of their Pre-ACT, 17.2 the prior year. The 2024 state average composite score is 19.4, we are getting close! 27% of the WHS students met or exceeded three or more college readiness benchmark scores—an 8% increase from the previous year.
