Carl Scoggins Senior Middle School recently issued the following announcement.
Several elementary and middle schools in Paulding County have been ranked among the best in Georgia, according to a brand-new ranking released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.
For the inaugural list, U.S. News published rankings and data on more than 80,000 public elementary and middle schools across the United States.
Schools are ranked at the state and district levels. The best charter schools and best magnet schools ranked as stand-alone categories.
U.S. News ranked Burnt Hickory Elementary School and Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School as the highest elementary and middle schools in the state among those in Paulding County, according to the new list. Burnt Hickory Elementary was ranked No. 150 in the state for elementary schools, while Sammy McClure Sr. Middle was ranked No. 115 in the state for middle schools.
Here's a look at how other schools in Paulding County ranked compared with others in the state and Paulding County School District:
Elementary Schools
- Burnt Hickory Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 150
- District ranking: No. 1
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 250
- District ranking: No. 2
- Roland W. Russom Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 345
- District ranking: No. 3
- C.A. Roberts Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 403
- District ranking: No. 4
- McGarity Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 421
- District ranking: No. 5
- New Georgia Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 505
- District ranking: No. 6
- Hal Hutchens Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 506
- District ranking: No. 7
- Bessie L. Baggett Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 637
- District ranking: No. 8
- W.C. Abney Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 669
- District ranking: No. 9
- Northside Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 738
- District ranking: No. 10
- Lillian C. Poole Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 769
- District ranking: No. 11
- Union Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 788
- District ranking: No. 12
- Allgood Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 800
- District ranking: No. 13
- Connie Dugan Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 933
- District ranking: No. 14-19
- Dallas Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 934-1245
- District ranking: No. 14-19
- Hiram Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 934-1245
- District ranking: No. 14-19
- Nebo Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 922
- District ranking: No. 14-19
- Sam D. Panter Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 934-1245
- District ranking: No. 14-19
- Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary School
- State ranking: No. 895
- District ranking: No. 14-19
- Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School
- State ranking: No. 115
- District ranking: No. 1
- East Paulding Middle School
- State ranking: No. 213
- District ranking: No. 2
- Lena Mae Moses Middle School
- State ranking: No. 244
- District ranking: No. 3
- P.B. Ritch Middle School
- State ranking: No. 248
- District ranking: No. 4
- Irma C. Austin Middle School
- State ranking: No. 282
- District ranking: No. 5
- J.A. Dobbins Middle School
- State ranking: No. 337
- District ranking: No. 6
- Carl Scoggins Sr. Middle School
- State ranking: No. 382
- District ranking: No. 7-9
- Herschel Jones Middle School
- State ranking: No. 362
- District ranking: No. 7-9
- South Paulding Middle School
- State ranking: No. 342
- District ranking: No. 7-9
- Math and reading proficiency — or how well students perform on state assessments.
- Math and reading performance — or how well they perform compared with expectations.
Nationally, California has 5,534 ranked elementary schools — the most of any state — followed by Texas at 4,446; New York at 2,211; Florida at 2,128; and Illinois at 2,038 schools.
California also has the most ranked middle schools with 2,319, followed by Texas at 1,942; Illinois at 1,243; New York at 1,219; and Florida at 997.
See the complete list of 2021's Best K-8 Schools.
Original source can be found here.
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