If student learning was the priority of all residents and leaders of the Little Rock School District and City of Little Rock, perhaps one or more of the previous Arkansas Department of Education announcements would have warranted a public rally.

2016

Five (5) LRSD Schools Still in Academic Distress (2013-15 Three-year Average of Less Than 49.5% Proficient)

2015

Five (5) LRSD Schools Still in Academic Distress (2013-2015 Three-year Average of Less Than 49.5% Proficient)

Eight (8) LRSD Schools Named Priority Schools (Lowest Performing 5% in Arkansas)

Fifteen (15) LRSD Schools Named Focus Schools (Lowest Performing 6-10% in Arkansas)

Eight (8) LRSD Schools Receive an ‘F’ on State’s First A-F School Report Card.  

Twenty-three (23) of the districts 42 tested schools performed in the bottom 10% in the State.

2014

Six (6) LRSD Schools Named in Academic Distress (2012-2014 Three-year Average of 49.5% or Less Proficient)

Seven (7) LRSD Schools Still Priority Schools (Lowest Performing 5% in Arkansas)

Nine (9) LRSD Schools Still Focus Schools (Lowest Performing 6-10% in Arkansas)

Sixteen (16) of the district’s 42 tested schools performed in the bottom 10% in the State.

2013

Six (6) LRSD Named in Academic Distress (2011-2013 Three-year Average of 49.5% or Less Proficient)

Seven (7) LRSD Schools Still Priority Schools (Lowest Performing 5% in Arkansas)

Nine (9) LRSD Schools Still Focus Schools (Lowest Performing 6-10% in Arkansas)

Sixteen (16) of the district’s 42 tested schools performed in the bottom 10% in the State.

2012

Seven (7) LRSD Schools Still Priority Schools (Lowest Performing 5% in Arkansas)

• Priority
• Priority (Met Year One Exit Criteria)

Nine (9) LRSD Schools Still Focus Schools (Lowest Performing 6-10% in Arkansas)

• Focus
• Focus (Met Year One Exit Criteria)

Sixteen (16) of the district’s 42 tested schools performed in the bottom 10% in the State.

2011

Eight (8) LRSD Schools Named Priority Schools (Lowest Performing 5% in Arkanas)

Ten (10) LRSD Schools Named Focus Schools (Lowest Performing 6-10% in Arkansas)

Eighteen (18) of the district’s 42 tested schools performed in the bottom 10% in the State.

Schools could not be added to the federally required 2011 Focus and Priority lists; they could only emerge. In four years, only two LRSD schools did, but one of those returned on the new list in 2015, along with six additional schools, totaling more than half of those tested.

And yet, there were no petitions, no resolutions…no rallies.

When the non-proficiency of a student becomes a greater catalyst for outrage and action than the non-renewal of an adult, Little Rock and her people will finally move to the right side of history.