90% Mobile County School Make The Grade

Alabama Mobile The Alabama Department of Education says 82 out of the 91 school in Mobile County made Adequate Yearly Progress as required by No Child Left Behind.

by Jamie Burch

Published: Mon, August 04, 2008 - 6:01 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, August 05, 2008 - 9:16 pm CST

Mobile and Baldwin County schools both received good reviews from the Alabama Department of Education.

The state says 82 out of the 91 school in Mobile County made Adequate Yearly Progress as required by No Child Left Behind.
For the first time, all Mobile County Middle Schools met AYP. Three Elementary Schools (Hamilton, Orchard, Will) and six High Schools (Baker, Blount, Bryant, Leflore, Murphy, Williamson) did not.

That's a big improvement over the 21 schools that did not make AYP in 2007.

Four schools in Mobile reached AYP goals this year but didn't the year before -- Middle School(s): Chastang, Denton and Eanes; Elementary School(s): Gilliard. Parents that have children at one of these schools may apply for a transfer to another campus. Click here for more information.

Only one public school in Baldwin County failed to meet state standards. Baldwin County High failed to AYP for the second straight year.

“Alabama’s schools have made tremendous progress during the past few years," said Governor Bob Riley. "Just four years ago, only 23 percent of schools met all their yearly progress goals. This year, we’ve raised the bar again and saw a decrease in the number of schools designated as needing ‘school improvement.’ If we continue to expand proven programs like the Alabama Reading Initiative, Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiative, and ACCESS distance learning, we’ll increase the quality of teaching and learning across the state.”

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