Joplin Schools Rank 9 Times on State's Elite Top Ten Lists

The state education department has announced that five Joplin elementary schools ranked a total of nine times on this year's Top Ten Highest Performing Schools lists. Released annually by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), the Top Ten lists recognize schools for high performance on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests taken by students the previous school year.

This marks the third consecutive year that Joplin schools have been honored on the elite Top Ten lists. Last year, four Joplin schools placed a total of eight times.

“We are so pleased and excited that even more Joplin schools are being honored on the Top Ten lists for highest performing schools this year,” says Assistant Superintendent Dr. Angie Besendorfer. “For a district to make the Top Ten list is an example of excellence in academics. Joplin teachers, staff, students and parents are to be congratulated for their dedicated efforts.”

Joplin’s rankings on this year’s lists are as follows:

Royal Heights Elementary School (category: Schools with between 250 and 500 students)

• Communication Arts / Grade 3
  76.6% of students scored at the “Proficient” or “Advanced” levels on MAP test
  
  
• Communication Arts / Grade 4
  91.9% of students scored at the “Proficient” or “Advanced” levels on MAP test
  
  
• Math / Grade 4
  86.5% of students scored at the “Proficient” or “Advanced” levels on MAP test

Cecil Floyd Elementary School (category: Schools with more than 500 students)

• Communication Arts / Grade 5
  76.0% of students scored at the “Proficient” or “Advanced” levels on MAP test
  
  
• Science / Grade 5
  80.0% of students scored at the “Proficient” or “Advanced” levels on MAP test

Duenweg Elementary School (category: Schools with less than 250 students)

• Math / Grade 3
  85.7% of students scored at the “Proficient” or “Advanced” levels on MAP test
  
  
• Communication Arts / Grade 3
  81.0% of students scored at the “Proficient” or “Advanced” levels on MAP test

Duquesne Elementary School (category: Schools with less than 250 students)

• Math / Grade 3
  83.9% of students scored at the “Proficient” or “Advanced” levels on MAP test

Kelsey Norman Elementary School (category: Schools with between 250 and 500 students)

• Communication Arts / Grade 4
  77.1% of students scored at the “Proficient” or “Advanced” levels on MAP test

To view the complete 2008 Top-Ten lists, please visit the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website at http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/assess/TopTen/documents/high_performing_08.pdf

posted 3/25/09