"IB – Magnet Schs Texarkana Jonesboro Comparison"
District Report Card Jonesboro and Texarkana 2005
(2006 Report Cards won't be out until March ADE says)
Texarkana is one of the models that Jonesboro looked at for their magnet schools.
Texarkana has one International Baccalaureate magnet school - College Hill
and has magnet schools from kindergarten through high school.
Per pupil spending is $7,348 average in state: $7,293 in Jonesboro, and $7443 in Texarkana
Texarkana spends just a little more per student than Jonesboro
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Performance Indicators |
Texarkana |
Jonesboro |
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Graduation Rate |
80 |
85.7 |
+5.7 |
81.3 |
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College Remediation Rate |
57.1 |
45.8 |
+11.3 |
51.6 |
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Grade Inflation Rate |
35.4 |
26.5 |
+26.5 |
30.3 |
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Number taking AP courses |
179 - 21% passing test |
271- 41% passing test |
+101 taking test and +20% passing test |
N/A |
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Jonesboro is only slightly larger than Tex |
Both are above |
4,000 and lower |
than 5,000 |
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# scoring 3,4,or 5 on AP courses |
37 |
112 |
+75 |
N/A |
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ACT Score |
19.5 |
21.3 |
+.8 |
20.5 |
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Can't tell what ACT this score means with |
out knowing how |
many students in |
each school take it. |
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% Proficient & Above |
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Literacy (End of Course) 11th grade - This test covers all 11th graders & will be about half exit exam. |
31 |
65 |
+ 34 for Jonesboro |
47 |
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% Proficient & Above |
% Proficient & Above |
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Grade Three Literacy |
43 |
58 |
+ 15 |
51 |
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Grade Three Math |
52 |
69 |
+17 |
59 |
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Grade Four Literacy |
49 |
55 |
+6 |
52 |
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Grade Four Math |
48 |
54 |
+6 |
51 |
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Grade Five Literacy |
26 |
53 |
+27 |
48 |
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Grade Five Math |
27 |
52 |
+25 |
41 |
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Grade Six Literacy |
32 |
56 |
+24 |
57 |
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Grade Six Math |
38 |
48 |
+10 |
44 |
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Grade Seven Literacy |
32 |
47 |
+15 |
51 |
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Grade Seven Mathematics |
28 |
38 |
+10 |
43 |
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Grade Eight Literacy |
44 |
59 |
+15 |
58 |
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Grade Eight Mathematics |
22 |
35 |
+13 |
34 |
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End of Course Algebra I |
35 |
63 |
+28 |
61 |
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End of Course Geometry |
33 |
53 |
+20 |
55 |
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Norm Referenced Test grade (ITBS)
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Texarkana |
Jonesboro |
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National Percentile Rank |
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Grade 3 Reading Comprehension |
52 |
64 |
+ 12 for Jonesboro |
62 |
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Grade 3 Math Concepts & Estimation |
53 |
66 |
+ 13 for Jonesboro |
61 |
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Grade 3 Math Problem Solving & Data |
48 |
64 |
+ 16 for Jonesboro |
60 |
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Grade 4 Reading Comprehension |
52 |
62 |
+ 10 for Jonesboro |
62 |
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Grade 4 Math Concepts & Estimation |
64 |
69 |
+ 5 for Jonesboro |
68 |
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Grade 4 Math Problem Solving & Data |
54 |
65 |
+ 11 for Jonesboro |
63 |
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Grade 5 Reading Comprehension |
42 |
64 |
+ 22 for Jonesboro |
59 |
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Grade 5 Math Concepts & Estimation |
46 |
70 |
+24 for Jonesboro |
62 |
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Grade 5 Math Problem Solving & Data |
44 |
61 |
+ 17 for Jonesboro |
60 |
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Grade 6 Reading Comprehension |
36 |
55 |
+ 19 for Jonesboro |
54 |
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Grade 6 Math Concepts & Estimation |
41 |
55 |
+ 14 for Jonesboro |
54 |
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Grade 6 Math Problem Solving & Data |
42 |
58 |
+ 16 for Jonesboro |
55 |
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Grade 7 Reading Comprehension |
36 |
51 |
+ 15 for Jonesboro |
52 |