The State Department of Education released scores on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests by school, Tuesday.
Newton County generally had lower averages of students meeting or exceeding standardized competency levels for their grade in all five subject areas of the test than the state average and surrounding counties.
Children in first through eighth grades must take CRCTs every spring.
The CRCT is also used by the government to measure schools' performances, and helps discern a student's ability to meet state curriculum standards.
Since the 2000 No Child Left Behind Act mandates all students in third grade must pass the reading portion and students in fifth and eighth grade must pass both the reading and math portions to advance to the next grade, the graphs only display the percent of students meeting and exceeding standards in those grades.
Please see Friday's education page for results in first, second, fourth and seventh grades.
Third grade
Elementary schools that had the highest percentage of third grade students meeting and exceeding standards in reading - making them eligible to advance to fourth grade - are Rocky Plains, Fairview and Mansfield.
Middle Ridge, Ficquett and Porterdale elementary schools had the lowest percentages of third graders meeting and exceeding reading standards.
Fifth grade
Fairview, Palmer-Stone and Mansfield elementary schools had the highest percentages of students meeting and exceeding standards on the reading section of the test.
Fairview also logged the highest percentage of fifth grade students meeting and exceeding math standards. East Newton and Mansfield elementary schools had the second and third highest percentages on the math section.
Elementary schools with the lowest percentages of fifth graders meeting and exceeding reading standards are Rocky Plains, Livingston and Porterdale. In math, the those with the lowest percentages of fifth graders meeting and exceeding standards are Oak Hill, East Newton and Ficquett elementary schools.
Eighth grade
Veterans Memorial Middle School had the highest percentage of eighth grade students meeting and exceeding standards on both the reading and math sections of the test.
Cousins Middle had the lowest percentage of students meeting and exceeding standards on the reading portion, while Clements Middle had the lowest percentage on the math section.
