Rossville schools are Four Star Schools
Comet staff report

For the third year in a row, Rossville Elementary School has been named a Four Star School. Rossville's Middle School earned the award for the first time.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Suellen Reed announced the state's Four Star School Award for the 2005-2006 school year last week. Of the 1,870 Indiana schools, 175 earned the award, the highest state distinction, which is based on overall attendance rates and student achievement on 2005 ISTEP+ assessment.

The annual award is non-monetary, and to earn the distinction, a school must be fully accredited by the Indiana State Board of Education, meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) as defined by The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), and perform in the top 25 percent of all the schools in the state in each of the following four areas: student attendance rates, mathematics proficiency scores, English/language arts proficiency scores, and the percent of students passing both English/language arts and mathematics.

Rossville Elementary had an attendance rate of .976. Other scores were: 56 in math and 60 in English/language arts with 80% of students passing both.

Rossville Middle School had an attendance rate of .9692. Other scores were: 57 in math and 59 in English/language arts with 75% of students passing both.