Across Bolivar County, most school districts are pleased with their results, though all are working hard to make more improvements during this school year.
"I thought we did very well," said Benoit School District Superintendent Dr. Beverly Culley. "We made a lot of improvements.
"Teachers and students did a lot of work to improve our test scores and to ensure our students are properly prepared," she continued. "We had great leadership.
"I feel we did well, but we're pushing harder for better (this year)," Culley said.
Cleveland School District officials were in a meeting as of presstime and were unavailable to make comments on the district's scores.
However, raw data test scores for the district seem positive.
In Mound Bayou, overall scores were good.
"We moved up, from a district standpoint, from academic watch last year to a successful school district for this school term," said Mound Bayou Superintendent William Crockett. "Our QDI average was 138, which put us in the successful range.
"We are proud of our students and we congratulate our staff for the hard work and efforts they put into making sure our students achieved at the level they did," Crockett said, noting the district's goal is to be a Star School. "We just have to work harder to reach that particular (Star School) level."
North Bolivar School District officials have had a positive year as well.
"We made improvements across the board," said North Bolivar School District Superintendent Dr. Ronzy Humphrey. "We were very focused for this year."
In the August school board meeting, Ellis announced that he expected the district to be declared successful for the 2009-2010 school year.
The Shaw School District also received scores for the 2009-2010 school year.
"If you look at the data, the data will suggest that, as a district, the Shaw School District did perform better than last year," said Shaw Superintendent Cederick Ellis. "As a district, we're moving. We still have a lot of work to do at our elementary school.
"The scores somewhat resemble what they did last year, so we have additional work to do," he continued. "We are confident that this is the school year that our scores at McEvans will not resemble what they have in the past and what they currently resemble.
"If you look at scores for the high school, the scores are better than they were last year," said Ellis. "We have more students scoring in the proficient and advanced categories than we did last year.
"We know that the things we have put in place will move them (the scores) from where (they are) now to somewhere else and next year, our scores will be dramatically different and be in a positive direction," said Ellis. "We are very excited that we did see, as a district, our scores increase over all."
West Bolivar officials were unavailable for comment as of presstime.
The Mississippi Department of Education will release complete district QDI's and accountability labels in September.
The Benoit School District administered 125 MCT2 tests last year.
In third grade, 19 students were tested. On the language arts section, 10.5 percent scored minimal, 52.6 percent scored basic, 36.8 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. On the math section, no students scored minimal, 73.7 percent scored basic, 26.3 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced.
In fourth grade, 18 students were tested. On the language arts section, 22.2 percent scored minimal, 22.2 percent scored basic, 44.4 percent scored proficient and 11.1 percent scored advanced. On the math section, no students scored minimal, 16.7 percent scored basic, 77.8 percent scored proficient and 5.6 percent scored advanced.
In fifth grade, 24 students were tested. On the language arts section, 16.7 percent scored minimal, 50 percent scored basic, 25 percent scored proficient and 8.3 percent scored advanced. On the math section, no students scored minimal, 45.8 percent scored basic, 37.5 percent scored proficient and 16.7 percent scored advanced.
In sixth grade, 23 students were tested. On the language arts section, 34.8 percent scored minimal, 21.7 percent scored basic, 39.1 percent scored proficient and 4.3 percent scored advanced. On the math section, 13 percent scored minimal, 34.8 percent scored basic, 43.5 percent scored proficient and 8.7 percent scored advanced.
In seventh grade, 19 students were tested. On the language arts section, 21.1 percent scored minimal, 63.2 percent scored basic, 15.8 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. On the math section, 5.3 percent scored minimal, 47.4 percent scored basic, 47.4 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced.
In eighth grade, 22 students were tested. On the language arts section, 27.3 percent scored minimal, 40.9 percent scored basic, 31.8 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. On the math section, 4.5 percent scored minimal, 36.4 percent scored basic, 59.1 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced.
Subject area tests were administered to 64 students. On the algebra I test, 12 were tested and 66.7 percent passed. On the U.S. History test, 15 were tested and 86.7 percent passed. On the biology I test, 19 were tested and 94.7 percent passed. On the English II test, 18 were tested and 55.6 percent passed.
The Cleveland School District had 1,607 students take MCT2 tests last year.
In third grade, 287 students were tested across the district. On the language arts section, 16 percent scored minimal, 37.3 percent scored basic, 34.5 percent scored proficient and 12.2 scored advanced. On the math section, 8.7 percent scored minimal, 33.8 percent scored basic, 46.7 percent scored proficient and 10.8 percent scored advanced.
In fourth grade, 269 students were tested. On the language arts section, 13 percent scored minimal, 42.4 percent scored basic, 36.1 percent scored proficient and 8.6 percent scored advanced. On the math section, 17.1 percent scored minimal, 26.4 percent scored basic, 46.8 percent scored proficient and 9.7 percent scored advanced.
In fifth grade, 278 students were tested. On the language arts section, 14 percent scored minimal, 43.9 percent scored basic, 34.9 percent scored proficient and 7.2 scored advanced. On the math section, 22.7 percent scored minimal, 31.3 scored basic, 35.6 percent scored proficient and 10.4 percent scored advanced.
In sixth grade, 246 students were tested. On the language arts section, 12.2 percent scored minimal, 31.3 percent scored basic, 46.7 percent scored proficient and 9.8 percent scored advanced. On the math section, 8.2 percent scored minimal, 23.3 percent scored basic, 48.6 percent scored proficient and 20 percent scored advanced.
In seventh grade, 295 students were tested. On the language arts section, 12.2 percent scored minimal, 39.7 percent scored basic, 45.1 percent scored proficient and 3.1 percent scored advanced. On the math section, 20 percent scored minimal, 25.4 percent scored basic, 45.1 percent scored proficient and 9.5 percent scored advanced.
In eighth grade, 232 students were tested. On the language arts section, 21.1 percent scored minimal, 40.1 percent scored basic, 35.3 percent scored proficient and 3.4 percent scored advanced. On the math section, 26.3 percent scored minimal, 29.7 percent scored basic, 34.5 percent scored proficient and 9.5 percent scored advanced.
The district tested 864 high school students in subject areas. On the Algebra I test, 240 were tested and 77.5 percent passed. On the U.S. History test, 205 were tested and 92.2 percent passed. On the Biology I test, 200 were tested and 87 percent passed. On the English II test, 219 were tested and 58 percent passed.
In the Mound Bayou School District, 255 MCT2 tests were administered.
In third grade, 50 students were tested. In language arts, 16 percent scored minimal, 56 percent scored basic, 28 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. In math, 16 percent scored minimal, 52 percent scored basic, 30 percent scored proficient and 2 percent scored advanced.
In fourth grade, 43 were tested. In language arts, 25.6 percent scored minimal, 44.2 percent scored basic, 27.9 percent scored proficient and 2.3 percent scored advanced. In math, 27.9 percent scored minimal, 52 percent scored basic, 30 percent scored proficient and 4.7 percent scored advanced.
In fifth grade, 43 were tested. In language arts, 14 percent scored minimal, 48.8 percent scored basic, 37.2 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. In math, 26.2 percent scored minimal, 33.3 percent scored basic, 33.3 percent scored proficient and 7.1 percent scored advanced.
In sixth grade, 37 were tested. In language arts, 13.5 percent scored minimal, 54.1 percent scored basic, 29.7 percent scored proficient and 2.7 percent scored advanced. In math, 24.3 percent scored minimal, 32.4 percent scored basic, 43.2 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced.
In seventh grade, 38 were tested. In language arts, 5.3 percent scored minimal, 50 percent scored basic, 42.1 percent scored proficient and 2.6 percent scored advanced. In math, 15.8 percent scored minimal, 28.9 percent scored basic, 47.4 percent scored proficient and 7.9 percent scored advanced.
In eighth grade, 44 were tested. In language arts, 11.4 percent scored minimal, 36.4 percent scored basic, 47.7 percent scored proficient and 4.5 percent scored advanced. In math, 9.3 percent scored minimal, 11.6 percent scored basic, 60.5 percent scored proficient and 18.6 percent scored advanced.
At the high school, 191 students were given subject area tests. On the Algebra I test, 53 were tested and 83 percent passed. On the U.S. History test, 43 were tested and 95.3 percent passed. On the Biology I test, 50 were tested and 88 percent passed. On the English II test, 45 were tested and 57.8 percent passed.
In the North Bolivar School District, 316 students were given MCT2 tests.
In third grade, 56 were tested. On the language arts section, 12.5 percent scored minimal, 58.9 percent scored basic, 26.8 percent scored proficient and 1.8 percent scored advanced. On the math section, 3.6 percent scored minimal, 44.6 percent scored basic, 48.2 percent scored proficient and 3.6 percent scored advanced.
In fourth grade, 50 were tested. On the language arts section, 6 percent scored minimal, 32 percent scored basic, 44 percent scored proficient and 18 percent scored advanced. On the math section, 4 percent scored minimal, 32 percent scored basic, 60 percent scored proficient and 4 percent scored advanced.
In the fifth grade, 42 students were tested. On the language arts section, 19 percent scored minimal, 31 percent scored basic, 45.2 percent scored proficient and 4.8 percent scored advanced. On the math section, 26.2 percent scored minimal, 23.8 percent scored basic, 47.6 percent scored proficient and 2.4 percent scored advanced.
In the sixth grade, 49 students were tested. On the language arts section, 22.4 percent scored minimal, 42.9 percent scored basic, 32.7 percent scored proficient and 2 percent scored advanced. On the math section, 20.4 percent scored minimal, 28.6 percent scored basic, 46.9 percent scored proficient and 4.1 percent scored advanced.
In seventh grade, 59 students were tested. On the language arts section, 15.3 percent scored minimal, 37.3 percent scored basic, 47.5 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. On the math section, 23.7 percent scored minimal, 20.3 percent scored basic, 52.5 percent scored proficient and 3.4 percent scored advanced.
In eighth grade, 60 students were tested. On the language arts section, 23.3 percent scored minimal, 35 percent scored basic, 38.3 percent scored proficient and 3.3 percent scored advanced. On the math section, 6.7 percent scored minimal, 18.3 percent scored basic, 58.3 percent scored proficient and 16.7 percent scored advanced.
At the high school level, 164 subject area tests were administered. On the Algebra I test, 43 students were tested and 67.4 percent passed. On the U.S. History test, 51 were tested and 90.2 percent passed. On the Biology I test, 35 were tested and 91.4 percent passed. On the English II test, 35 were tested and 60 percent passed.
In the Shaw School District, 278 students took MCT2 tests.
In third grade, 41 were tested. In language arts, 36.6 percent scored minimal, 36.6 percent scored basic, 24.4 percent scored proficient and 2.4 percent scored advanced. In math, 29.3 percent scored minimal, 53.7 percent scored basic, 14.6 percent scored proficient and 2.4 percent scored advanced.
In fourth grade, 58 were tested. In language arts, 29.3 percent scored minimal, 58.6 percent scored basic, 10.3 percent scored proficient and 1.7 percent scored advanced. In math, 60.3 percent scored minimal, 25.9 percent scored basic, 12.1 percent scored proficient and 1.7 percent scored advanced.
In fifth grade, 44 students were tested. In language arts, 31.8 percent scored minimal, 50 percent scored basic, 18.2 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. In math, 52.3 percent scored minimal, 27.3 percent scored basic, 18.2 percent scored proficient and 2.3 percent scored advanced.
In sixth grade, 40 were tested. In language arts, 17.5 percent scored minimal, 55 percent scored basic, 25 percent scored proficient and 2.5 percent scored advanced. In math, 12.5 percent scored minimal, 37.5 percent scored basic, 50 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced.
In seventh grade, 41 students were tested. In language arts, 31.7 percent scored minimal, 43.9 percent scored basic, 24.4 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. In math, 34.1 percent scored minimal, 36.6 percent scored basic, 29.3 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced.
In eighth grade, 54 were tested. In language arts, 46.3 percent scored minimal, 27.8 percent scored basic, 25.9 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. In math, 55.6 percent scored minimal, 27.8 percent scored basic, 9.3 percent scored proficient and 7.4 percent scored advanced.
At the high school, 240 students took subject area tests. On the Algebra I test, 72 were tested and 72.2 percent passed. On the U.S. History Test, 46 were tested and 95.7 percent passed. On the Biology I test, 69 were tested and 73.9 percent passed. On the English II test, 53 were tested and 62.3 percent passed.
In the West Bolivar School District, 396 students took MCT2 tests.
In third grade, 58 were tested. In language arts, 22.4 percent scored minimal, 44.8 percent scored basic, 22.4 percent scored proficient and 10.3 percent scored advanced. In math, 24.1 percent scored minimal, 37.9 percent scored basic, 34.5 percent scored proficient and 3.4 percent scored advanced.
In fourth grade, 67 were tested. In language arts, 11.9 percent scored minimal, 44.8 percent scored basic, 34.3 percent scored proficient and 9 percent scored advanced. In math, 14.9 percent scored minimal, 29.9 percent scored basic, 53.7 percent scored proficient and 1.5 percent scored advanced.
In fifth grade, 67 were tested. In language arts, 41.8 percent scored minimal, 46.3 percent scored basic, 11.9 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. In math, 67.2 percent scored minimal, 23.9 percent scored basic, 9 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced.
In sixth grade, 65 were tested. In language arts, 27.1 percent scored minimal, 52.9 percent scored basic, 20 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. In math, 44.6 percent scored minimal, 29.2 percent scored basic, 24.6 percent scored proficient and 1.5 percent scored advanced.
In seventh grade, 70 were tested. In language arts, 27.1 percent scored minimal, 52.9 percent scored basic, 20 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. In math, 44.3 percent scored minimal, 37.1 percent scored basic, 17.1 percent scored proficient and 1.4 percent scored advanced.
In eighth grade, 69 were tested. In language arts, 33.3 percent scored minimal, 44.9 percent scored basic, 21.7 percent scored proficient and none scored advanced. In math, 14.5 percent scored minimal, 40.6 percent scored basic, 39.1 percent scored proficient and 5.8 percent scored advanced.
At the high school, 350 students took subject area tests. On the Algebra I test, 110 were tested and 81.8 percent passed. On the U.S. History test, 54 were tested and 87 percent passed. On the Biology I test, 107 were tested and 79.4 percent passed. On the English II test, 79 were tested and 51.9 percent passed.