These 3 Bibb County schools are some of the most improved in Georgia

Three Bibb County schools have been named to the Georgia Department of Education’s Reward Schools list for most improved.

The schools are Brookdale Elementary School, Burdell-Hunt Magnet School and Miller Magnet Middle School, according to a news release from the Bibb County School District.

Reward Schools rank among the most-improved 5% of Title I schools in the state, based on data from the College and Career Ready Performance Index. These schools also maintain the performance of certain subgroups based on income, disabilities and language fluency.

Overall, Bibb County schools scored 68.5 up 1.3 points from the previous year, according to the 2019 CCRPI index released in October by the Georgia Department of Education.

Statewide, the elementary school score was 77.1, down 0.7 of a point. The middle school score was 72.1, a decrease of 4.1 points. The high school score of 77 was up 1.7 points.

Bibb County elementary schools scored 72, up 2.3 points. District middle schools scored 64.7, down 1 point, and high schools scored 65.2, a 1.7 points increase.

The CCRPI is an accountability tool for measuring how well public schools and school districts prepare students to achieve college and career readiness goals.

In all, 21 of 35 Bibb schools showed increases in school CCRPI scores.