Battle Ground Public Schools

2015-16 BGPS CommunityReport

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2015–16 COMMUNITY REPORT | 11 DISTRICT INFORMATION ■ ■ 13,512 students in 18 schools: six primary schools, six middle schools, one K-8 school, one 3-12 academy, two comprehensive high schools, one alternative high school and one homeschool support program ■ ■ 1,562 staff members: 854 certificated, 646 classified and 62 administrators ■ ■ $29 million in state and federal grants ■ ■ 5,000 full lunches served daily in Battle Ground schools (does not include a' la carte items) ■ ■ Each day, buses travel 10,170 miles to and from Battle Ground schools (not including field trips, athletic events, etc.) ■ ■ 273 square miles—Battle Ground Public Schools is one of the largest and most diverse geographic districts in the state ■ ■ 60,000 residents in the district Battle Ground Public Schools continues to achieve high graduation rates at its comprehensive high schools by providing academic supports for students. At Prairie High School, for example, Tuesday and Thursday mornings look a little different than the rest. Instead of sitting in classrooms, students—armed with notebooks and pens— chat in groups at tables or flock near teachers' desks, patiently waiting for a few moments of a mentor's time. It is on these two mornings each week of the school year that students have the opportunity to get Falcon Support, or help from their teachers to make up work, study, and ask questions about the materials presented during class time. Prairie offers Falcon Support to its students for 40 minutes two times each week during the first period of the day. While students are not required to attend Falcon Support, those who do most often see results in the form of higher grades on coursework. The overall goal is to help students succeed and graduate, said Prairie High School Principal Travis Drake. And with a graduation rate that consistently hovers above 91 percent (compared to a statewide graduation rate of 77.2 percent in 2014), Prairie has one of the best graduation rates in Clark County. ABOUT BGPS ACADEMIC INTERVENTION PLAYS ROLE IN HIGH GRADUATION RATE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS BASED ON OCTOBER 2014 HEAD COUNT (SOURCE: OSPI REPORT CARD) Enrollment 13,512 Gender Male 6,915 51.2% Female 6,597 48.8% Ethnicity Hispanic 1,123 8.3% American Indian/Alaskan Native 34 0.3% Asian 256 1.9% Black 84 0.6% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 45 0.3% White 11,279 83.5% Two or More Races 691 5.1% Special Programs (May 2015) Free or Reduced-Price Meals 4,890 36.1% Special Education 1,714 12.6% Transitional Bilingual 762 5.6% GRADUATION RATE (SOURCE: OSPI REPORT CARD) Class of 2014 4-Year Graduation Rate 75.5% Class of 2013 5-Year Graduation Rate 81.7% STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA DISTRICT ASSESSMENT RESULTS (SOURCE: OSPI REPORT CARD) Grade SBA English Language Arts SBA Math Science 3rd 52.40% 57.30% 4th 54.80% 52.60% 5th 55.80% 44.90% 70.8% (MSP) 6th 54.30% 45.60% 7th 60.00% 45.80% 8th 60.70% 50.70% 64.9% (MSP) 10th 70.3% (EOC biology) 11th 19.70% 7.70%

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