Media release from Floyd County, GA Schools:
Floyd County Schools (FCS) is celebrating exceptional results in the latest College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), once again outperforming state averages across multiple categories.
The CCRPI measures performance in Content Mastery, Progress, Closing Gaps (not comparable this year), Readiness, and, for high schools, Graduation Rate.
NOTE ON COMPARABILITY: The Content Mastery, Progress, Readiness, and Graduation Rate components are comparable between 2024 and 2025. The Closing Gaps component is not comparable between 2024 and 2025, as 2024 flags did not include mathematics due to the implementation of new mathematics standards and assessments in the 2023-2024 school year.
The district’s results highlight continued academic excellence and growth across all levels:
- Content Mastery: Elementary – 78.5% (10.5 points above state), Middle – 73% (7.4 points above state), High – 82.5% (13.3 points above state).
- Readiness: Elementary – 88.5% (4.4 points above state), Middle – 85.8% (2.6 points above state), High – 84.7% (9.3 points above state).
- Graduation Rate: 96.3%, an impressive 9.1 points higher than the state average.
“These results are a testament to the dedication of our educators and the hard work of our students,” said Assistant Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer John Parker. “We are incredibly proud of everyone involved. As a school system and a community, we remain committed to delivering a high-quality education that equips our students for college and career success.”
The district also saw notable gains in the Progress category at both middle (85.8%) and high school levels (90.7%)—evidence of continuous academic growth and sustained focus on improvement.
These achievements reflect Floyd County Schools’ ongoing emphasis on literacy and readiness, ensuring every student is prepared for success beyond the classroom.
Key Highlights:
- Graduation rate of 96.3%, one of the highest in the region.
- Double-digit advantage in elementary and high school Content Mastery.
- System-wide strength in literacy and readiness efforts.
“This year’s College and Career Ready Performance Index scores show strong improvements in our students’ academic achievement and their preparation for life,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. “They also point the way toward areas where we can continue to grow and expand opportunities in all of Georgia’s public schools. I am proud of the teachers, leaders, and families who continue to work hard each day to produce strong results for Georgia’s students – and I’m proud of the students themselves. As the school districts highlighted here make clear, these are not just numbers and data points. When we see improvement in Georgia’s public schools, that has an impact on 1.7 million children – and that’s what matters most.”
Floyd County Schools remain steadfast in their mission to foster student achievement, growth, and lifelong success.
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About the CCRPI
Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), each U.S. state is required to have a statewide accountability system that complies with federal requirements, providing information on how well schools are performing. The CCRPI meets that requirement in Georgia and satisfies requirements for school accountability in state law.
The CCRPI measures school, district, and state performance on five components:
- Content Mastery includes student scores on statewide assessments in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.
- Progress measures how much growth students demonstrate in English language arts and mathematics and how well English learners are progressing toward English language proficiency.
- Closing Gaps measures how well schools meet annual improvement targets for student groups
- Readiness includes the percentage of students at or above grade-level reading, student attendance, the percentage of students succeeding in “beyond the core” instruction, accelerated enrollment, pathway completion, and college and career readiness measures.
- Graduation Rate includes both the 4- and 5-year graduation rates and is a high school component.
CCRPI scores are used to identify Comprehensive Support & Improvement (CSI) and Targeted Support & Improvement (TSI) schools, which receive additional state support. TSI schools will be identified later this year using 2025 data. CSI schools are served for three years and will next be identified using 2026 data.
The CCRPI no longer includes an overall 0-100 score for schools, districts, or the state. Each CCRPI component still has a 0-100 score. This change was made to increase transparency and provide a more complete picture of school performance, ensuring that challenges and opportunities are not hidden behind a single score.
Legislation passed in 2024 requires the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) to calculate a single score for schools and districts and for GaDOE and local school districts to publish these scores online. GaDOE will publish GOSA single scores as soon as they are available.