Only one area school was named a Four Star School Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Education.
Eisenhower Elementary School is one of the 179 Hoosier public schools honored with the 2007 Four Star School Awards. Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Suellen Reed made the announcement Wednesday. The award is the highest state distinction, and is based on student achievement on ISTEP+ assessments and overall attendance rates.
"We are pleased to recognize 179 Indiana schools for their exceptionally high performance," said Reed. "We would also like to acknowledge the work of those schools that were fractions of a point away from this honor and applaud them for their efforts. We encourage all Hoosier schools to continue in their endeavors to boost student success."
According to information from the Indiana Department of Education, a total of 1,819 Indiana public schools were eligible for the Four Star School Award. To earn the distinction, a school must be accredited by the Indiana State Board of Education, meet Adequate Yearly Progress as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 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.
Warsaw Community Schools' Eisenhower Elementary School had a 63 math score, 66 English/language arts score, an attendance rate of 96.91 percent and 80 percent passing both English/language arts and math.
The annual award is non-monetary and schools earning this honor receive an award certificate.
A complete list of current and past Four Star School awardees is available online at www.doe.in.gov/accreditation/fourstar.html
