Conway Public Schools

Annual Report to the Public

October 13, 2015

District Overview by the numbers

16 Schools
Pre-K (PK)
9 Elementary Schools (K-4)
4 Middle Schools (5-7)
Conway Junior High School (89)
Conway High School (10-12)
Total 2015 Enrollment (*10/1/15)
= 9754

District Enrollment by Grade

*Based on 10/1/14 and 10/1/15

Student Demographics
1.9%
1.4%

# of Males= 4949 (50.23%)

# of Females= 4807 (49.27%)

0.25%

Food Services
Free and Reduced Lunch Rate: 50.5%
District-wide, Average # of breakfasts served daily: 2722
District-wide, Average # of lunches served daily: 5916

Transportation

# of buses: 104
# of vehicles: 40
# of bus routes: 84
Daily miles driven in our district: 3605
Total students transported each day in our district: 3673

Conway Public Schools Students

make the grade!
Children are likely
to live up to what
you believe of
them.
-Lady Bird
Johnson, Former
First Lady of the
United States

National Merit Scholars

Conway High School has 10 National Merit Semi Finalists for 2015.

Quiz Bowl 7A State Champions

Conway Area Career Center

Certifications
In 2014, 733 Conway Students were enrolled in Career Center Programs.
*Some examples include Auto Collision,
Child Care Management, Health Science,
Managing Natural Resources,
Accounting, and more.
*368 of our graduating seniors completed
career and technical education programs of study!

Conway Athletics Honors

*Conference Champs in Football, Baseball, Girls Golf and Girls Swim.
*State Runner-up in Boys Golf, Girls Basketball, and Girls Swim.
*Safe Sports School Award.
*Many athletes have gone on to compete at the college level.

ACT Scores
Conway
High 21.7
National
Average 21
Arkansas
20.4

Advanced Placement Programs

20 AP courses offered (grades 10-12)
Pre-AP courses offered in grades 6-10.

AP Tests:
546 students took 1000 tests.
% of students who made a 3+ = 350 (64.1%)

Comparison: Global % who made a 3+= 60.7%

State % who made a 3+=34.4%

Special Programs
Gifted and Talented- 968 Students (9.9% of Student Population)

Special Programs
Limited English Proficient- 501 Students (5.1% of Student Population)

Special Programs
Special Education- 1067 Students (10.9% of Student Population)

Special Programs
Pre K- 301 Students at Sallie Cone Preschool

Special Programs
ALE (Alternative Learning Environment)- 95 Students

CHS Class of 2014

597 Graduating Seniors
133 Student Athletes
113 Honor Grads (64 Highest Honors)
93 Members of Band and Orchestra
212 took an AP class their Senior Year
7 National Merit Finalists/ 22 Governors Distinguished
Scholars
More than 14 million dollars in scholarships awarded.

Conway Public Schools Staff is the

BEST!

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is
wise. -Maya Angelou.

CPSD 2015-16 Staff

Total Contracted Staff: 1, 187
Classified Staff: 418
Certified Staff: 769
Teachers with a Masters Degree: 469
Teachers with another Advanced Degree: 25
Average CPS Teacher Salary: $57, 539
Comparison: 4th highest in the state

2015-16 Teachers of the Year

Our Teachers go the extra mile.

65 Conway Teachers are National Board Certified.
11 Conway Teachers are Google Certified.
Our district has 100 percent Highly Qualified Teachers.
We have graduated two classes of
our Administrative Pipeline
and are expanding the program this year.

Conway Public Schools are Achieving.

All our schools are accredited without citation.
PARCC test results wont be available until November.

Iowa Test Scores- Grades 1 & 2

Grade 1 District Average- English= 61/ Math= 56.

Grade 2 District Average- English=65/Math=60.

End-of-Course Biology Test Scores

66% of Students are Proficient/Advanced- State average is 47 %.

End-of-Course Biology Test Scores

66% of Students are Proficient/Advanced- increased from 59% last year.

ACTAAP Science Scores-Grade 5

71% of Students are Proficient/Advanced- State average is 60%.

ACTAAP Science Scores- Grade 5

71% of students are Proficient/Advanced- same as last year.

ACTAAP Science Scores- Grade 7

48% of Students are Proficient/Advanced- State average is 35%.

ACTAAP Science Scores- Grade 7

48% of students are Proficient/Advanced- same as last year.

School Report Cards

In 2015, the State of Arkansas issued each school
a report card indicating how they were doing
based on certain variables.
Conway Public Schools received 5 As, 7 Bs, and
3 Cs.
Our district GPA was a 3.13. This is the highest
GPA in all 7A schools.

Your dollar in CPSD

0.8%

1.2%
2.6%

2.
4%

District Expenditures
Total Expenditures
$98,707,719
Instructional Expenditures
$51,200,032
Administrative Expenditures
$5,879,305
Extracurricular Expenditures
$3,201,450
Capital Expenditures
$4,561,190
Debt Service Expenditures
$5,619,422
*From the 2013-14 District report card

Expenditure Per
Student= $8,925

Construction- Finished Projects

Julia Lee Moore Elementary Renovation

Construction- Finished Projects

New Track and Field at Jim Stone Elementary School

Construction- Current Projects

Ida Burns Elementary School Remodel

Construction- Current Projects

Multi-Purpose Indoor Practice Facility

School Safety
In January of 2015, we had a district-wide
active school shooter drill in cooperation
with all state and local law enforcement
agencies.
All our schools have up-to-date Crisis
Plans and do regular drills in accordance
with these.
In accordance with state law, all Conway Public Schools have
implemented the new Panic Button App. This will help us even more
with crisis readiness.

Our School board is hardworking and

fully trained.

2015 Board Members: Chuck Shipp, President. Carl Barger, Vice President. Adam Lamey,
Secretary. Bill Clements, Andre Acklin, Scott Champlain, Trip Leach.

CPSD Final Fun Facts

Total # of Devices used by our staff and students: 13, 214
Total # of Volumes in our media centers: 149,529
Total # of middle school locker trips: 592,920
Total # of App Downloads: 5821
Total # of Chicken Rings served in the cafeteria: 144, 840
Total # of ice packs given by school nurses: 7,200
Total # of students impacted by our CPSD Staff: 9,754

A leader in our Community...

an example for the nation...

Conway Public Schools

Every Child, Every Day, Whatever it
Takes.