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District presents 2024—25 school performance data; administrators highlight growth, remaining challenges and staffing pressures
Summary
District curriculum staff presented the 2024—25 school performance data released by DPI on 09/03/2025, explaining the state accountability model (80% performance composite, 20% growth), subgroup reporting and federal long-term goals while administrators noted improvements and remaining staffing vacancies.
District curriculum staff presented the 2024—25 North Carolina school performance data during the board meeting, reviewing elementary, middle and high school composites, subgroup breakdowns and federal long-term goals under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Meredith, representing Curriculum and Instruction, explained that 80% of a schools performance grade is based on assessment results and 20% comes from growth measures; the presentation also described subgroup reporting (racial/ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students, English learners, students with disabilities) and federal long-term goals for reading, math and graduation rates. She noted classifications such as "low-performing," "comprehensive support and improvement," and "targeted support and improvement," and walked the board through pages in the packet that identify subgroup performance, growth and school designations.
Superintendent Dr. Ganyan and board members pointed to areas of progress: the superintendent said the districts staffing vacancies were down to about 88 open positions (classified and certified combined) compared with 127 a year earlier, and highlighted individual schools that had raised their numeric grades by 11 and 12 points. Board members discussed how composite percentage, growth and subgroup performance interact under the accountability model and the challenges of lifting schools out of low-performing designations.
The board was also informed that exhibit materials implementing a 2025 state law (board policy 35-10) were added to provide a parental request form to opt out of specific classroom discussions or activities on religious grounds; the district noted the exhibit is informational while the policy revision follows state law.
What happens next: Board members asked staff to continue monitoring growth metrics, attend to staffing and support plans for targeted schools, and to incorporate the new parental-exemption exhibit into policy implementation materials.
