This is part two of a two-part series on the Iowa Department of Education Iowa School Performance profile results released in late December. The Lisbon School district discussed the results at the Wednesday, Jan. 12 school board meeting.
Lisbon Elementary was named a high performing school, with a score of 62.33 this year out of 100. In 2019, their score was 53.31 out of 100, and the school was labeled as acceptable.
“It’s been a couple of years since data was collected and there has been a lot of work done during that time,” said elementary principal Justin Brown. “The progress validates the work that teachers and students do on a daily basis to continually improve.”
Brown said that at the elementary level, the focus is for the district to make adequate growth in all academic categories and improve reading efficiency percentage.
Lisbon Middle School was noted as a commendable school, with a 57.6 out of 100 ranking. In 2019, their score was a 61.02 out of 100 and they were noted as high performing. The building was ahead of the state average in all categories this year as well.
One of the areas of concern for Lisbon Middle School was the conditions for learning composite score, which identified some areas the district needs to work on, Becker said.
“We have our own tests and questions in some of those areas that may reflect differently than the ISASP data,” Becker said.
For Becker, however, the data at both the high school and middle school levels shows the amount of care and dedication of staff and students.
“It shows the dedication of the teachers hired at this district have for educating students, as well as the teachers we’ve retained,” Becker said. “It also shows how hardworking and driven our kids are to succeed. That’s just who Lisbon is as a district.”
Lisbon High School was also identified as a high performing school this year, with a score of 60.84 out of 100. That score is a slight improvement from 2019’s 60.44 out of 100. The building was ahead of the state averages in all categories, including proficiency in math and English scores.
Lisbon superintendent Pat Hocking noted the scores are a compliment to the administrators and staff at Lisbon and the work they do.
“You can see how excited these test scores make these principals, and I know next year they’ll be expecting more from the students at these buildings, because that’s always their focus, showing growth and development,” Hocking said. “This is really a testament to our teachers and staff as well.”