Hard Won Pinnacle View Middle School Should Let Scoreboard Do Talking

At the grand opening of Pinnacle View Middle School, the principal reported that the school (sixth grade only in 2016-17) outperformed the state, district and most charter schools, and was close to Benton, Bryant and Conway on ACT Aspire test results.

Yes, Pinnacle outperformed state, district and Little Rock charter averages, but it led in no category in Little Rock. Pinnacle View sixth grade was outperformed by LRSD’s Forest Heights STEM Academy sixth grade in every category. And Pinnacle View was exceeded or equaled in every category by an open-enrollment public charter school.

Here are the numbers:

Percentage of Sixth Graders Meeting Readiness Benchmark for:
*First, **Second, ***Third in Little Rock

Schools MathEnglishReadingWritingScience
 Arkansas  47% 70% 41% 42% 40%
      
 Little Rock     
 LRSD Cloverdale 22% 44% 20% 47% 15%
 LRSD Dunbar 44% 59% 30% 56% 24%
 LRSD Forest Heights STEM 77%** 89%* 62%* 77%* 67%*
 LRSD Henderson 27% 47% 19% 40% 15%
 LRSD Mabelvale 44% 49% 20% 39% 12%
 LRSD Mann 57% 66% 38% 55% 40%
 LRSD Pulaski Heights 54% 65% 42% 47% 39%
 LRSD Pinnacle View 64% 85%*** 54%*** 67%**  57%**
 Charters     
 Covenant Keepers 52% 68% 25% 62% 30%
 eStem 79%*  79% 56%** 59% 57%**
 LIsa Chenal 71%*** 80% 46% 67%** 48%
 Little Rock Prep 17% 60% 14% 34% 6%
 Quest 41% 86%** 36% 32% 32%
      
 PCSSD Fuller 35% 50% 23% 34% 22%
 PCSSD Maumelle 47% 61% 31% 51% 35%
 PCSSD Robinson 69% 83% 48% 48% 57%
 PCSSD Sylvan Hills 54% 70% 41% 46% 39%
      
 NLRSD 41% 62% 28% 52% 32%
      
 JNPSD 34% 50% 23% 32% 21%
      
 Benton 75% 80% 53% 57% 59%
      
 Bryant Bethel 78% 88% 70% 76% 70%
 Bryant Middle  65% 80% 52% 68% 54%
      
 Conway Carl Stuart 70% 76% 51% 63% 58%
 Conway Ray/Phyllis Simon 71% 72% 51% 81% 53%

Of all mentioned, here are your leaders:

  • Math – eStem (79%)
  • English – LRSD Forest Heights STEM (89%)
  • Reading – Bryant Bethel (70%)
  • Writing – Conway Ray/Phillis Simon (81%)
  • Science – Bryant Bethel (70%)

Pinnacle View is perfectly positioned to become and remain the district’s, city’s and region’s academic performance and growth leader. But rather than the anecdotal, it should always let the scoreboard do the talking.

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