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What's the vibe like in the hallways at VANDERGRIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL right now?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
English Language Arts
63.3%
State avg 33.9%
District avg 46.2%
County avg 36.1%
District avg 46.2%
County avg 36.1%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Arkansas schools by score · Washington County schools by score
ATLAS, SY 2023-24
All grades, all students. % Proficient (Level 3+4).Mathematics
64.6%
State avg 36.5%
District avg 51.3%
County avg 39.9%
District avg 51.3%
County avg 39.9%
Science
64.1%
State avg 35.6%
District avg 49.9%
County avg 39.0%
District avg 49.9%
County avg 39.0%
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 65 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 64 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34, 36, and 36.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
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.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 3 | 56.6% | 36.1% | 122 | 63.1% | 37.8% | 122 | 60.6% | 35.9% | 122 |
| Grade 4 | 70.3% | 36.0% | 118 | 66.1% | 38.0% | 118 | 67.8% | 35.7% | 118 |
1-year history
All grades, all students. VANDERGRIFF Arkansas avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 63.3% | 46.2% | 36.1% | 33.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 64.6% | 51.3% | 39.9% | 36.5% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 64.1% | 49.9% | 39.0% | 35.6% |
Recent discussions
From the VANDERGRIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community.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 63.3% mean for English Language Arts at VANDERGRIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
It means about 63.3 percent of students tested at VANDERGRIFF ELEMENTARY 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.