Huntington North High School’s attendance rate during the 2009-2010 school year was the highest it’s been in eight years.
Coming in at 95.13 percent, Huntington County Community School Superintendent Tracey Shafer said HNHS hasn’t seen such numbers since 2002-2003.
“We were at 95 percent in ’06-’07, but we haven’t been over 95 percent (attendance),” Shafer said. “Over 95 percent is the mark you need for making AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) and that sort of thing, so that was very good to see.”
AYP is a number of performance targets for schools’ overall student populations and student demographic groups including economic background, special education and ethnicity. Known as “the teeth” in the federal No Child Left Behind Act, schools have been required to meet the AYP standards which gradually increase overtime. Schools who consistently fall short of AYP may face state intervention and other consequences enforced by the Department of Education.
To make AYP, school corporations must meet performance, participation and attendance/graduation targets for the student population and student subgroups in one or more grade spans – elementary, middle and high school – or reduce the number of students not meeting performance targets by 10 percent and meet attendance rate targets.
According to DOE records, HCCSC achieved AYP in 2007, but fell short in 2008. The most recent AYP scores have not yet been calculated by the state.
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