• DEMOGRAPHICS
    YEAR SCHOOL OPENED
    1967
    ATTENDANCE RATE (%)
    94.1
    student Enrollment
    568
    Race/Ethnicity (%)
    African American....................... 13.7
    Hawaii/Pac. Islander.......................... -
    White.............................. 62.2
    Multiracial...................... 10.3
    Hispanic......................... 11.8
    American Indian/AK....................... -
    Asian.............................. -
    GENDER (%)
    Male................................ 53.1 
    Female........................... 46.9
    Special Services** (%)
    FARMS........................... 50.4
    504.................................. -
    Special Ed..................... 17.1
    LEP................................. 3.0
    Title 1............................. Yes

     **Special Services Terms Glossary

    School Renovation Details - 1960, 2013; In 1960 a second school (upper) was built on the property to accommodate more students. In 2013, the lower school was renovated and expanded upon which combined the two schools into one.

Point Pleasant Elementary School

Key Challenges to Student Success

  • The students who attend Point Pleasant Elementary School are influenced daily by events, situations, and circumstances that occur at home and in their neighborhood.  While there are numerous factors that contribute to student achievement at Point Pleasant Elementary, the school leadership team has narrowed its focus to the following challenges to student success, with the acknowledgement that this is not an all-inclusive list and that some students may be affected by other opportunities or issues in their young lives. 

    This school's key challenges to student success are also noted in the boxes shown below.
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  • Traditional MSDE and/or school-based student challenges

    • Attendance Rates
    • Discipline Rates
    • Special Education student enrollment
    • Title I Status
    • Quarterly Assessments scores -English
    • Quarterly Assessments scores - Mathematics
    • PARCC Scores - Mathematics (Elementary grades 3, 4, 5)
    • PARCC Scores - English/Language Arts (Elementary grades 3, 4, 5)

    Key Challenge #1:  Attendance Rates

    We decided that a strong push and focus on daily attendance rates would benefit the growth of our school and school community. The combination of Restorative Practices and an attendance focus was purposefully embedded to increase academic achievement. Attendance rates markedly increased from 2017-2018 to 2018-2019, resulting in increased overall achievement on PARCC ELA and Math.  [Indicators 3, 10]

    • 85% of students present 163 days or more out of 181.

    Key Challenge #3: Reading, Language Arts, and Mathematics Assessments

    Performance trends that influenced our choice of this indicator include the following PARCC English/Language Arts (ELA) Data and (Fountas & Pinnell) F&P Reading Level Data [Indicators 5, 6]:

    • 75% of K-5 Students Met or Exceeded in 2017-2018 
    • 74% of 2nd Grade Students Met or Exceeded in 2017-2018
    • PARCC English/Language Arts 2017-2018:  37% of our 3rd–5th grade students achieved a Performance Level Descriptor 4 or 5.

     2017-18 Fountas & Pinnell Reading Level Data 

    F & P Reading Level

    % Achieved

    Kindergarten

    Level D or above

    84%

    1st Grade

    Level J or above

    61%

    2nd Grade

    Level M or above

    74%

    3rd Grade

    Level P or above

    72%

    4th Grade

    Level S or above

    81%

    5th Grade

    Level V or above

    79%

     

    Performance trends that influenced our choice of this indicator include the following PARCC Math Data and AACPS Quarterly Assessment Data [Indicator 6]:

    • 2017-2018 PARCC Mathematics:   24% of our 3rd–5th grade students achieved a Performance Level Descriptor 4 or 5.

     2017-18 Math Quarterly Assessment Averages

    Q1

    Q2

    Q3

    1st Grade

    84%

    81%

    88%

    2nd Grade

    70%

    76%

    73%

    3rd Grade

    62%

    75%

    65%

    4th Grade

    48%

    46%

    65%

    5th Grade

    45%

    64%

    80%

  • Non-Traditional Socio-Economic Challenges

    • Socio-Economic Issues (employment, income levels, housing costs)
    • Families in Crisis (mental, physical emotional, financial)
    • Substance Abuse

    Key Challenge #2:  Families in Crisis (mental, physical emotional, financial)

    Socio-Economic issues play a significantly impactful role in our school story. Due to changing socioeconomic status within our school community, we became a Targeted Assistance Title I School in 2016-2017. Increasing socio-economic issues, substance abuse, and families in crisis have impacted the social-emotional well-being of our student population. This has a direct impact on student achievement. To overcome this challenge, and to intentionally address the increasing social-emotional needs of our students, we have committed to implementing Restorative Practices within our school. Community Building Circles have been built into our daily instructional routine within each of our classrooms. We have committed ourselves to growing the social-emotional well-being of our students, to include relationship building and a sense of community. We believe that this commitment to the whole child will positively impact the academic success of our students. [Indicators 3, 5, 6] 

    • 34 Discipline Referrals in 2017-2018 

  • HISTORICAL SCHOOL & COMMUNITY CHALLENGES THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE WRITING OF THIS SCHOOL'S STORY

    • Socio-economic community issues (employment, income levels, housing costs)

  • Point Pleasant Elementary