Three Lubbock ISD campuses have been recognized as Texas Honor Roll Star Schools. That is, schools that serve high poverty populations, perform well on standardized accountability measures and are closing the achievement gaps between diverse ethnic groups. The three LISD campuses are Hutchinson Middle School, the Talkington School for Young Women Leaders and Preston Smith Elementary.
In addition to being an Honor Roll Star School, Smith Elementary also earned the Honor Roll STEM designation. The STEM designation recognizes higher student performance in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
The Honor Roll Star and STEM schools are selected by the Educational Results Partnership in collaboration with the Institute for Productivity in Education for demonstrating consistently higher levels of student academic achievement, improvement over time and reduction in achievement gaps among ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged students.
(News release from Lubbock ISD)
