Did you know… ?
We all agree that Gobles Public Schools is one of best schools in southwestern Michigan, but did you know these facts about our schools?
- Data reveals that when compared to state averages and historical trends, Gobles Public Schools emerges as a fiscally stable district making good academic progress.
- The graduation rate for Gobles' 2007 cohort was substantially higher than the statewide graduation rate.
- Both Gobles Elementary and Gobles Middle/High Schools made Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2009.
- The State Report Card for Gobles Elementary School changed from a B rating to an A rating in 2009.
- A higher percentage of Gobles third graders achieved passing scores on all MEAP subjects than students across the state in 2008-09.
- All subjects showed improvement over 2007-08, especially Reading, Writing, and ELA. Gobles fourth graders performed better than the statewide rate in Math, Reading, and ELA in 2008-09.
- Students at Gobles Public Schools out-performed students statewide on both the sixth grade and ninth grade Social Studies MEAP in 2008-09, as well as on the 11th grade Social Studies MME in 2007-08.
- In the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, Gobles students achieved a higher percentage of passing scores than students statewide in all tested subjects on the 2008-09 MEAP.
- Among sixth graders at Gobles, the percentage of passing scores in Math improved by more than 20% from 2007-08 to2008-09.
- Gobles eighth graders made a particularly strong showing in Reading and Science in 2008-09.
- All eighth-grade subjects showed improvement over the previous year, including a nearly 20% increase in passing rates in Math. Gobles' 11th grade students out-performed students statewide on the 2007-08 MME in all subjects, especially Science.
- Gobles Public School District has maintained a respectable General Fund reserve, taken as a percentage of expenditures, from 2004 through 2008.
- The number of students per teacher at Gobles decreased in 2007-08, and was below the state average.
- Half of Gobles Public Schools' teachers have been with the district twelve years or more.
- 60% of Gobles teachers have a Master's degree or higher.