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Trussville schools keep A on state report card; administrators cite growth, higher CCR and reduced absenteeism
Summary
District leaders told the board that Trussville is among 11 Alabama districts with an A system report card; academic growth held at 100%, graduation rose to about 97.07%, college-and-career readiness increased, and administrators described targeted efforts that lowered chronic absenteeism at several schools.
Administrators told the Trussville City Board of Education that the district maintained an A on its system report card and highlighted academic growth, a rising graduation rate and improvements in college-and-career readiness and attendance.
The report matters because state report cards are a primary measure families and prospective residents use to evaluate local schools, and the district described specific actions it says led to improved outcomes across elementary, middle and high schools.
Doctor Poovey and her team presented the district report-card results, saying Trussville was one of 11 school systems in Alabama to receive an A on both the system and all school report cards. At the district level, administrators reported academic growth at 100% and cited a graduation rate recorded in the presentation as 97.07%. The districtwide academic-achievement figure presented was 89.96% and college-and-career-readiness (CCR) rose over the last three years.
Administrators reviewed individual school scores: Cahaba Elementary rose from 97 to 98; other elementary schools were discussed with chronic absenteeism improvements noted; Paine (spelled in packet as Pain) Elementary was described as showing growth after a math pilot that was expanded districtwide. At the secondary level, Hewitt Trussville High School sustained 100% academic growth, raised CCR from 85.5% to 93%, and increased its graduation rate from 96.8% to 97.1% (figures as presented to the board). The middle school also showed gains in academic achievement (from 84.07% to 86%) and reduced chronic absenteeism to 7.12%.
Administrators credited attendance workers, building-level interventions and targeted professional development for the gains. The board heard examples of tactics used to reduce absences, including creating school activities timed just before holiday breaks to reduce pre-break absences; a middle-school leader said that scheduling events before breaks helped mitigate those absences. Administrators also reported more than 1,300 students had two or fewer absences between the first day of school and early December, a statistic the presenters said the district is using to celebrate attendance.
Staff noted ongoing work to support English language learners, special education, reading and math coaching, expanded MTSS training and site-level continuous improvement planning. The presenters said the district will continue data-driven interventions and state-supported training to seek further gains on next year’s report card.
