The Georgia Department of Education named four schools in the northwest corner of the state to a top performers list Tuesday.
Trion Elementary School, Brookwood Elementary School, Cohutta Elementary School and New Hope Middle School are all in the top 5 percent among Georgia’s Title I schools this year. The ranking is based on where the schools stood in this year’s College and Career Ready Performance Index.
The CCRPI grades schools on a scale of 0-100 based on student performance on standardized tests. The ranking takes into account student improvement from one year to the next and how traditionally underperforming students compare across the state.
For the four local schools honored by the Georgia Department of Education, the areas where they excelled the most this year was in student progress and performance by students of disadvantaged subgroups, such as black and Latino students, as well as students with disabilities.
Of the Title I schools in North Georgia, Trion Elementary School performed the best. Overall, it scored a CCRPI score of 92.5.