2020 Quarter 1

Failure Data &

Instructional Response
November 2020
Failure Data Quarter 1
High School - Number of Students Failing One or More Classes

School Students Failing Total Number of Students % of Students Failing

Career Readiness Academy at Mosley PLC 27 92 29.35%

Emsley A Laney High 640 2107 30.37%

Eugene Ashley High 715 1829 39.09%

Isaac M Bear Early College High School 7 112 6.25%

J. C. Roe Center 15 22 68.18%

John T Hoggard High 692 2149 32.20%

New Hanover High 287 1538 18.66%

SEA-Tech 4 193 2.07%

Wilmington Early College High 41 246 16.67%

Middle School - Number of Students Failing One or More Classes

School Students Failing Total Number of Students % of Students Failing

Charles P Murray Middle 227 920 24.67%

Emma B Trask Middle 286 707 40.45%

Holly Shelter Middle 490 825 59.39%

Lake Forest Academy 2 10 20.00%

M C S Noble Middle 144 726 19.83%

Myrtle Grove Middle 40 768 5.21%

Roland-Grise Middle 265 907 29.22%

The International School at 61 114 53.51%

Gregory

Williston Middle 525 726 72.31%

High School - Number of Classes Failing

Number of failed classes per student 1 class 2 classes 3 classes 4 or more classes

Career Readiness Academy at Mosley 18 8 1 0

PLC

Emsley A Laney High 268 174 132 66

Eugene Ashley High 241 178 143 153

Isaac M Bear Early College High School 1 2 0 4

J. C. Roe Center 3 0 3 9

John T Hoggard High 246 191 177 78

New Hanover High 260 27 0 0

SEA-Tech 3 1 0 0

Wilmington Early College High 25 8 4 4

Middle School - Number of Classes Failing

Number of failed classes per student 1 class 2 classes 3 classes 4 or more classes

Charles P Murray Middle 84 53 27 63

Emma B Trask Middle 89 65 48 84

Holly Shelter Middle 117 92 81 200

Lake Forest Academy 1 1 0 0

M C S Noble Middle 68 33 20 23

Myrtle Grove Middle 39 1 0 0

Roland-Grise Middle 103 56 61 45

The International School at Gregory 13 10 8 30

Williston Middle 98 101 118 208

Secondary Failures by Race

# of Students Failing Total # of Students % of Students Failing

Total Students 4468 13991 31.93%

American Indian 10 34 29.41%

Asian 52 225 23.11%

Black 1162 2408 48.26%

Hispanic 1098 2199 49.93%

Multi Racial 235 623 37.72%

Pacific Islander 5 11 45.45%

White 1906 8491 22.45%

NHCS Secondary Demographics vs. Secondary Failure Demographics
Number of Students Failing by Race vs. Number of Students
 High School Failures by Race
# of Students Failing Total # of Students % of Students Failing

Total Students In HS 2425 8274 29.31%

American Indian 7 22 31.82%

Asian 21 136 15.44%

Black 572 1391 41.12%

Hispanic 522 1190 43.87%

Multi Racial 127 362 35.08%

Pacific Islander 5 9 55.56%

White 1171 5164 22.68%

 Middle School Failures by Race
# of Students Failing Total # of Students % of Students Failing

Total Students in MS 2043 5717 35.74%

American Indian 3 12 25.00%

Asian 31 89 34.83%

Black 590 1017 58.01%

Hispanic 576 1009 57.09%

Multi Racial 108 261 41.38%

Pacific Islander 0 2 0.00%

White 735 3327 22.09%

High School Failures by Grade Level

# of Students Total # of % of Students

Grade Level Failing Students Failing
9th Grade 835 2373 35.19%
10th Grade 659 2179 30.24%
11th Grade 544 1872 29.06%
12th Grade 386 1806 21.37%
High School 2424 8230 29.31%
Middle School Failures by Grade Level

# of Students Total # of % of Students

Grade Level Failing Students Failing
6th Grade 654 1850 35.35%
7th Grade 662 1812 36.53%
8th Grade 727 2055 35.38%
Middle School 2043 5717 35.74%
EOC Courses by High School

Emsley A Laney High

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

Biology 27 125 21.60%

Biology-NCVPS 4 12 33.33%

English II 47 141 33.33%

Honors Biology 7 171 4.09%

Honors English II 4 99 4.04%

NC Math 1 26 70 37.14%

NC Math 1 Honors 4 36 11.11%

NC Math 3 40 118 33.90%

NC Math 3 Honors 13 156 8.33%

EOC Courses by High School

Eugene Ashley High

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

Biology 43 98 43.88%

English II 41 106 38.68%

English II-NCVPS 3 9 33.33%

Honors Biology 22 191 11.52%

Honors English II 12 163 7.36%

NC Math 1 59 109 54.13%

NC Math 1 Honors 11 51 21.57%

NC Math 3 57 119 47.90%

NC Math 3 Honors 8 143 5.59%

EOC Courses by High School

John T Hoggard High

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

Biology 44 100 44.00%

English II 34 87 39.08%

Honors Biology 23 177 12.99%

Honors English II 10 177 5.65%

Honors English II - Yearlong 6 17 35.29%

NC Math 1 42 114 36.84%

NC Math 1 Honors 5 106 4.72%

NC Math 3 36 103 34.95%

NC Math 3 Honors 10 173 5.78%

EOC Courses by High School

New Hanover High

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

Honors Biology 4 146 2.74%

NC Math 1 24 133 18.05%

NC Math 3 22 74 29.73%
EOC Courses by High School

CRA at Mosley

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

Biology 2 13 15.38%

JC Roe Center

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

English II 2 4 50.00%

NC Math 1 8 9 88.89%

SEA-Tech

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

English II 3 51 5.88%
EOC Courses by High School

Isaac M Bear Early College High School

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

Honors Biology 1 54 1.85%

NC Math 3 Honors-Yearlong 2 61 3.28%

Wilmington Early College High

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

Honors Biology 6 37 16.22%

Honors English II 10 56 17.86%

NC Math 1 Honors 8 25 32.00%

NC Math 3 Honors-Yearlong 5 34 14.71%

EOC Courses by Middle School

Charles P Murray Middle

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

NC Math 1 1 123 0.81%

Emma B Trask Middle

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

NC Math 1 5 130 3.85%

Holly Shelter Middle

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

NC Math 1 8 61 13.11%
EOC Courses by Middle School

M C S Noble Middle

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

NC Math 1 5 93 5.38%

Myrtle Grove Middle

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

NC Math 1-Yearlong 1 85 1.18%

The International School at Gregory

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

NC Math 1 1 11 9.09%
EOC Courses by Middle School

Williston Middle

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

NC Math 1 10 28 35.71%

Roland-Grise Middle

EOC Courses # of Student Failing # of Students in Course %of Students Failing

NC Math 1 1 106 0.94%

Instructional Response
Drivers Behind Increased Failure Rate

- Students are navigating new learning environments

- Some student learning styles may not be a good fit for online learning
- Difficult to learn procedures and content at the same time
- More difficult for students to access supports
- Content is proceeding at the same rate
- Student engagement has been a challenge
High School Next Steps

- Organizational meeting was held with High School principals on 10/30

- Individual Failure discussions were held the week of 11/2 with traditional
high school principals to discuss next steps to decrease failure rates
- Goal is to decrease failure rate and potential retention rates and negative
impacts to graduation
Strategies for Failure Reduction

- Continued and increased communication efforts from school staff to students and
parents
- Counselors are scheduling student focus groups to collect student voice on what is
working for them and what is not working
- Recommend using the state graduation criteria of 22 credits versus the New
Hanover County Schools criteria of 28 credits. (Waiver needed.)
- Implement 50 as the minimum score for student work.
- Utilize mastery based grading if it supports student passing the course
- Proposed possibility of bringing seniors at risk of not graduating back 4 days a week
Middle School Next Steps

- Middle school principals are working on failure reductions in similar ways

- Middle school courses are year long
- Middle school promotion and retention is a different process.