CCSD Schools Recognized as Georgia Math Leaders

Freedom MS math teacher Kim Hester helps a student with a math problem.

Thirteen Cherokee County School District schools have been named Math Leaders by the Georgia Department of Education in recognition of exceptional achievement or growth in student math skills.

Four CCSD elementary schools, all seven of the school district’s middle schools, and two high schools are among the 624 schools statewide honored. 

Achievement awards recognize schools where 90 percent or more of students in the noted grade level are scoring Proficient or better on the math section of the Georgia Milestones Assessment.  Growth awards recognize schools that meet or surpass specific growth goals based on the grade level’s current percentage of students scoring Proficient or better.

Avery Elementary School earned recognition for growth both in third grade and fifth grade math, with Hickory Flat ES, Liberty ES and Little River ES all earning the honor for growth in fifth grade.

Creekland, Dean Rusk, Freedom, Teasley and Woodstock Middle Schools all earned Outstanding Achievement honors, which is a special recognition for exceeding Achievement status.  To earn this recognition, 98 percent or more of students in the noted grade level must score Proficient or better on the math section of Milestones. These schools earned the recognition for their eighth-graders’ performance on the high school-credit algebra Milestones test. 

Woodstock MS additionally earned the growth award for eighth-grade math, as did E.T. Booth MS, which also earned achievement and growth honors for its eighth-graders’ performance on the high school-credit algebra Milestones test.  Mill Creek MS earned achievement recognition for its eighth-graders’ performance on the high school-credit algebra Milestones test.  

Both River Ridge and Sequoyah High Schools earned recognition for students’ growth in scoring Proficient or better on the Milestones algebra test.

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