Franklin County schools show very mixed results on 3rd grade FCAT

            The Florida Department of Education released 3^rd grade FCAT results in math and reading on Thursday and there was a big difference between the scores at Franklin County’s two schools.

Overall 45 percent of local third graders scored at or above grade level in reading, that’s a drop from 66 percent last year and below the statewide average of 56 percent.

Only 31 percent of local 3^rd graders scored high enough in math – down from 72 percent last year.

The statewide average was 58 percent.

But third graders at the Apalachicola Bay Charter School actually beat the state average this year with 61 percent passing the math portion of the FCAT and 72 percent scoring a 3 or higher in reading.

At the Franklin County School 30 percent of 3^rd graders passed the reading section and 15 percent passed in math.

The FCAT reading scores are especially important in 3^rd grade because students who don’t score at least a 2 can be held back – though there are other options that the school can consider that allow students to move on to the 4^th grade.

You can see the district and school scores for yourself – we’ve posted the link to the FCAT results on the news page at oysterradio.com.

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