Socorro High School’s graduation rate for the 2007-08 school year was about 20 percent higher than the state average, according to the Public Education Department’s School Accountability Report released Friday.
Socorro Consolidated Schools Superintendent Cheryl Wilson said the report measures a “four-year cohort,” meaning it records the number of students who make it through from their freshman year to graduation. She said it doesn’t count students who go on to obtain a General Educational Development, or GED, degree, or “lost students,” whose transfers were not recorded.
“The good news is we’re doing significantly better than the state average,” Wilson said. “The bad news is one in four of our students aren’t graduating on time.”
There was no change in status for any of the schools in the Socorro school district, as four out of seven did not progress to this year’s target level of efficiency in math and reading, as measured by standardized tests. The Annual Yearly Progress report is part of the accountability report.
Socorro High School, Sarracino Middle School, Zimmerly Elementary School and Midway Elementary School failed to progress to this year’s target level of efficiency in math and reading, according to the report.
Cottonwood Valley Charter School, Parkview Elementary and San Antonio School met AYP for the second straight year. The AYP reporting is required by the No Child Left Behind Act enacted in 2001. Under the act, 100 percent of students are supposed to be proficient based on the test standards by 2014.
Socorro High was given an R-2 “restructuring” designation, while Zimmerly and Sarracino were given R-1 “restructuring” designations. CVCS, Midway, Parkview and San Antonio were designated as “progressing.”
Wilson said there are many examples of improvement, and the AYP scores don’t present any jaw-dropping news. Other tests predict the outcome of the AYP tests, which are taken in the spring.
At Socorro High, 32.2 percent of the students were proficient in math, with that number dropping to 23.4 percent among Hispanic students, who represent about 64 percent of the student body. Among economically disadvantaged students (about half the student body), just 14.6 percent were proficient in math according to the tests.
In reading, 36.4 percent were proficient, with that number dropping to 27.3 percent among Hispanic students and 23.6 percent among economically disadvantaged students.
The numbers were lower at Sarracino, where 17 percent of students tested proficient in math and 35.3 were proficient in reading. The drop in those numbers when it came to Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students was similar to that at Socorro High.
Wilson said those numbers represent an “achievement gap” that the district aims to close. She said at the third-grade level, there is no achievement gap in the district, and Hispanic students have tested better than other students at that level. Fourth grade is where the gap begins, she said.
“We’re doing a pretty darn good job of getting them started,” Wilson said.
She said special subject coaches working the classrooms will help to close that gap.
Magdalena
Magdalena High did not make its AYP goal, but is still designated as “progressing.” In math, 23.5 percent overall were proficient, while 25 percent of Hispanic and 16.7 percent of American Indian students were proficient. In reading, 29.4 percent overall were proficient, while 41.7 percent of Hispanic and 16.7 percent of American Indian students were proficient. The graduation rate was 70.8 percent.
Magdalena Middle School got an “R-1 restructuring” designation, with 16.3 percent of students proficient in math and 40.2 percent proficient in reading.
Magdalena Elementary again received an “R-2 restructuring” designation, with 40.2 percent of all students proficient in math and 43.7 percent proficient in reading.
Alamo
The Alamo School, for the second straight year, did not have its report available at the New Mexico Public Education Department’s Web site.
Reserve
Reserve High School again met its AYP goals and received a “progressing” designation, with 33.3 percent of all students proficient in math and 56.7 percent in reading. Reserve’s elementary school also met AYP and is “progressing,” with 35.5 percent proficient in math and 67.7 percent proficient in reading. Reserve High’s graduation rate was 73.2 percent.
Quemado
Quemado High School also met AYP for the second year and is “progressing,” with 35.5 percent proficient in math and 45.2 proficient in reading. The same goes for Quemado Elementary, with 40 percent proficient in math and 53.3 percent proficient in reading. The same also goes for Datil Elementary, where 30.8 percent were proficient in math and 38.5 percent were proficient in reading. Quemado High’s graduation rate was 99 percent.
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