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Black student results in Rockdale County

Across 18 schools in Rockdale County, 25.6% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished. That is 4 points below the Georgia average for Black students.

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26.2%
All students
25.6%
Black
24.3%
Hispanic
32.7%
White
66.3%
Asian

Average across the 18 schools in Rockdale County with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 18 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Lorraine Elementary School reports 34.6% of Black students meeting the standard. Salem High School, in the same district, reports 15.6%. That is a 19-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Rockdale County

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient or distinguished. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Lorraine Elementary School 34.8% 34.6% 25% 35%
House Elementary School 29.2% 34.4% 24.5% 47.4%
Edwards Middle School 28.5% 30.8% 23.1% 25.5% 53.9%
General Ray Davis Middle School 33.2% 30.1% 32.5% 52.8% 70.9%
Honey Creek Elementary School 28.5% 29.6% 29.6% 18.4%
Memorial Middle School 29.5% 28.9% 24.1% 35.6% 68.2%
Barksdale Elementary School 30.5% 27.6% 27.5% 32.6%
Flat Shoals Elementary School 25.8% 26.3% 24.6% 28.6%
Heritage High School 25.4% 26.3% 20% 36.8%
Sims Elementary School 27.7% 25.8% 27.4% 31.8%
Hicks Elementary School 25.9% 24.7% 23.7%
Pine Street Elementary School 26.2% 24.5% 22.5% 37.5%
Rockdale County High School Magnet 23.9% 23.9% 20.9% 28.6% 72.2%
Conyers Middle School 22.1% 21% 24.3% 25.7%
Hightower Trail Elementary School 23.6% 20.9% 24.8% 28.6%
Peek's Chapel Elementary 22% 19.2% 26.9%
Shoal Creek Elementary School 17.9% 16.9% 17.3% 25%
Salem High School 16.5% 15.6% 18.4%

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How to read this. Georgia suppresses results for very small groups, shown in the source data as “TFS” (too few students). Those schools appear as no data rather than zero. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Georgia figures should not be compared against another state's.

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