Congratulations! John Tyson Elementary, Bayyari Elementary, Monitor Elementary, Linda Childers Knapp Elementary, and Helen Tyson Middle have been recognized by the Office for Education Policy (OEP) at the University of Arkansas as schools that are Beating the Odds, because students demonstrated high growth on the ACT Aspire even though the schools serve a high percentage of students who participate in Free and Reduced Lunch!
John Tyson Elementary received the following awards:
High Overall Growth (Statewide)
High Math Growth (Statewide)
High ELA Growth (Statewide)
High Math Growth (Northwest region)
High ELA Growth (Northwest region)
Bayyari Elementary received the following award:
High ELA Growth (Northwest region)
Monitor Elementary received the following awards:
High Overall Growth (Statewide)
High Math Growth (Statewide)
High Math Growth (Northwest region)
Linda Childers Knapp Elementary received the following awards:
High Overall Growth (Statewide)
High Math Growth (Statewide)
High Math Growth (Northwest region)
Helen Tyson Middle received the following awards:
High Math Growth (Statewide)
High Math Growth (Northwest region)
Awards are based on the 2023 content growth score calculated by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education. These growth scores reflect how much students at the school improved from 2022 compared to how much they were expected to grow considering prior achievement. We recognize schools based on Overall growth, as well as for growth in Math and English Language Arts separately. To learn more about how we determined the OEP award winners and to see the full list of award recipients, you can view the report here.
