Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) 2009-10

August 12, 2010 - Based on a review of preliminary data, all York County School Division schools will again meet the state's highest accreditation standards. Additionally, 13 division schools met federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards as a result of student performance on Standards of Learning (SOL) exams taken last spring.

The division did not make AYP for English performance within specific sub-groups of students: disadvantaged, limited English proficient and students with disabilities. Two elementary schools, Magruder and Yorktown, also did not make AYP in English for disadvantaged students. Yorktown also did not make AYP in English for black students. Both Magruder and Yorktown elementary schools preliminarily met accreditation standards.

The divisions middle schools - Grafton Middle, Queens Lake Middle, Tabb Middle and Yorktown Middle - preliminarily met accreditation standards but did not make AYP. Within specific sub-groups of students taking English SOL exams, Queens Lake Middle (black students and disadvantaged), Tabb Middle (students with disabilities) and Yorktown Middle (disadvantaged and students with disabilities) did not make AYP. Within a specific sub-group of students taking math SOL exams, Grafton Middle (disadvantaged) did not make AYP.

Highlights of student performance by level include:

Elementary:

• The Elementary English scores continued to be strong with an overall student success rate at or above 87 percent for all schools.
• Elementary math success rates were particularly impressive. All 10 elementary schools experienced overall pass rates of 96 percent or higher.
• Science pass rates for the elementary schools ranged from 88 to 99 percent. Eight of 10 schools maintained or increased their pass rates from the previous year.
• History pass rates ranged from 92 to 99 percent. Six of 10 schools maintained or exceeded last year's pass rates.

Middle School:

• Middle school English pass rates for all students increased at three of four middle schools, with pass rates at or above 91 percent at Grafton, Tabb and Yorktown Middle.
• All four schools demonstrated considerable improvement in middle school math pass rates, with overall student pass rates above 90 percent for three of four middle schools (Grafton, Tabb and Yorktown). Most notably the pass rate for all students at Queens Lake increased by seven percentage points from the previous year (79% to 86%) and Yorktown Middle improved by 10 percentage points (80% to 90%).
• The writing performance of our middle school students improved in three schools and held strong at the fourth.
• The middle schools posted significant gains in the area of history.
• Science scores also rose for all four middle schools.

High School:

• High School English pass rates were strong and ranged from 90 to 98 percent.
• Four high schools had pass rates of 91 percent or above in writing. The pass rate for YRA was 100 percent.
• Math performance held strong with an overall student pass rate for four high schools ranging from 90 to 98 percent.
• Science performance for the high schools was also strong.
• History performance for the high schools ranged from 90 to 100.

New Graduation Requirement

This year, the state required all high schools and division meet a new graduation standard, the Federal Graduation Index (FGI). As the Other Academic Indicator (OAI) for high schools and the division, at least 80 percent of students must graduate with a standard or advanced studies diploma to meet AYP.

All four high schools improved their FGI rates for all students:

• BHS (75% to 81%)
• GHS (88% to 90%)
• THS (89% to 93%)
• YHS (78% to 89%)
• YRA (100%)

For YCSD, the division did not meet the new FGI requirement for students with disabilities. However, the 4-year rates improved for YCSD for all students and in four of the six subgroups. Improvements are as follows:

• All (83% to 89%)
• Black (68% to 76%)
• Hispanic (86% to 92%)
• LEP (74% to 83%)
• White (86% to 91%)

Previous Years

• View the AYP for 2007-08
• View the AYP for 2008-09