"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

 

 

 

 

 

Performance Indicators

Texarkana

Jonesboro

 

State

 

%

%

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

Graduation Rate

80

85.7

+5.7

81.3

 

 

 

 

 

College Remediation Rate

57.1

45.8

+11.3

51.6

 

 

 

 

 

Grade Inflation Rate

35.4

26.5

+26.5

30.3

 

 

 

 

 

Number taking AP courses  

179 - 21% passing test

271- 41% passing test

+101 taking test and  +20% passing test

N/A

Jonesboro is only slightly larger than Tex

Both are above

4,000 and lower

than 5,000

 

# scoring 3,4,or 5 on AP courses

37

112

+75

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

ACT Score

19.5

21.3

+.8

 20.5

Can't tell what ACT  this score means with

out knowing how  

many students in

each school take it.

 

 

% Proficient & Above 

 

 

 

Literacy  (End of Course) 11th grade - This test covers all 11th graders & will be about half exit exam. 

 31

65

+ 34 for Jonesboro

 47

 

% Proficient & Above 

% Proficient & Above 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grade Three Literacy

43

58

+ 15

 51

Grade Three Math

52

69

+17

 59

 

 

 

 

 

Grade Four Literacy

49

55

+6

 52

Grade Four Math

48

54

+6

 51

 

 

 

 

 

Grade Five Literacy

26

53

+27

48

Grade Five Math

27

52

+25

41

 

 

 

 

 

Grade Six Literacy

32

56

+24

57

Grade Six Math

38

48

+10

44

 

 

 

 

 

Grade Seven Literacy

32

47

+15

51

Grade Seven Mathematics

28

38

+10

43

 

 

 

 

 

Grade Eight Literacy

44

59

+15

58

Grade Eight Mathematics

22

35

+13

34

 

 

 

 

 

End of Course Algebra I

35

63

+28

61

 

 

 

 

 

End of Course Geometry

33

53

+20

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norm Referenced Test grade (ITBS)

 

Texarkana

Jonesboro

 

State

 

 

 

 

National Percentile Rank

Grade 3 Reading Comprehension

52

64

+ 12 for Jonesboro

62

Grade 3 Math Concepts & Estimation

53

66

+ 13  for Jonesboro

61

Grade 3 Math Problem Solving & Data

48

64

+ 16  for Jonesboro

60

 

 

 

 

 

Grade 4 Reading Comprehension

52

62

+ 10  for Jonesboro

62

Grade 4 Math Concepts & Estimation

64

69

+  5 for Jonesboro

68

Grade 4 Math Problem Solving & Data

54

65

 + 11 for Jonesboro

63

 

 

 

 

 

Grade 5 Reading Comprehension

42

64

+ 22 for Jonesboro

59

Grade 5 Math Concepts & Estimation

46

70

+24  for Jonesboro

62

Grade 5 Math Problem Solving & Data

44

61

+ 17 for Jonesboro

60

 

 

 

 

 

Grade 6  Reading Comprehension

36

55

+ 19  for Jonesboro

54

Grade 6 Math Concepts & Estimation

41

55

+ 14  for Jonesboro

54

Grade 6 Math Problem Solving & Data

42

58

+  16  for Jonesboro

55

 

 

 

 

 

Grade 7 Reading Comprehension

36

51

+ 15 for Jonesboro

52