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Test scores

ATLAS, SY 2023-24

All grades, all students. % Proficient (Level 3+4).
English Language Arts
39.5%
State avg 33.9%
District avg 41.3%
County avg 34.0%
Mathematics
55.1%
State avg 36.5%
District avg 53.8%
County avg 39.1%
Science
30.9%
State avg 35.6%
District avg 40.2%
County avg 32.8%

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

By grade, SY 2023-24

School score vs state average per tested grade.
GradeEnglish Language ArtsMathematicsScience
SchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten tested
Grade 747.9%32.3%4860.5%37.8%4835.5%36.4%48
Grade 839.2%32.1%4648.8%27.6%4126.0%35.4%46
Grade HSN/AN/AN/A27.6%22.6%6947.0%36.7%49

1-year history

All grades, all students. DES ARC   Arkansas avg

English Language Arts

34402023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2439.5%41.3%34.0%33.9%

Mathematics

36552023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2455.1%53.8%39.1%36.5%

Science

36312023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2430.9%40.2%32.8%35.6%

How to read these scores

What is ATLAS?
ATLAS is the statewide standardized test administered by Arkansas public schools.
What does "% Proficient (Level 3+4)" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 39.5% mean for English Language Arts at DES ARC HIGH SCHOOL?
It means about 39.5 percent of students tested at DES ARC HIGH SCHOOL performed at grade level or above on the ATLAS English Language Arts test in 2023-24. The statewide average for Arkansas that year was 33.9%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Arkansas, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Arkansas Department of Education, Arkansas Teaching, Learning & Assessment System (ATLAS). School-level Post-Appeals summary from the ADE DESE assessment files. Headline metric is the cumulative Level 3 + Level 4 rate (top 2 of 4 ATLAS performance levels).
How often is it updated?
ATLAS is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.

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