CCSD Schools Recognized as Georgia Math, Literacy Leaders

Sixteen Cherokee County School District schools have earned statewide honors in recognition of exceptional student success in mastering core academic skills!

The Literacy Leader and Math Leader honors recognize schools for exceptional student achievement, growth, or both on the annual Georgia Milestones Assessment end-of-grade or end-of-course assessments.  The Georgia Department of Education criteria focus on grade-level reading in third and sixth grades and numeracy skills in fifth and eighth grades.  Fourteen CCSD schools are among the 479 statewide to be named 2024-2025 Math Leaders, with three CCSD schools among the 406 honored statewide as 2024-2025 Literacy Leaders.  Mill Creek Middle School received both literacy and math honors!  The total number of CCSD schools honored also increased by one from last school year.  

Congratulations to our teachers and support staff for their dedicated work with our students to achieve this success and thank you to our School Board for its laser focus on ensuring our students are learning more, growing more, and achieving more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else!   

CCSD 2024-2025 ACADEMIC LEADERS AWARDS
MATH LEADERS
Ball Ground ES STEM Academy: 3rd Grade Growth; 5th Grade Gateway Growth
Clayton ES: 4th Grade Growth; 5th Grade Gateway Growth
Creekland MS: High School Outstanding Achievement
Creekview HS: High School Growth
Dean Rusk MS: High School Outstanding Achievement
E.T. Booth MS: High School Achievement; High School Growth
Free Home ES: 3rd Grade Growth; 5th Grade Gateway Growth
Freedom MS: 8th Grade Gateway Growth; High School Outstanding Achievement
Holly Springs ES STEM Academy: 5th Grade Gateway Growth
Macedonia ES: 4th Grade Growth; 5th Grade Gateway Growth
Mill Creek MS: 8th Grade Gateway Growth; High School Outstanding Achievement
Sixes ES: 5th Grade Gateway Growth
Teasley MS: High School Outstanding Achievement
Woodstock MS: High School Outstanding Achievement

LITERACY LEADERS
Arnold Mill ES: 3rd Grade Gateway Growth; 5th Grade Growth
Johnston ES: 3rd Grade Gateway Growth
Mill Creek MS: 6th Grade Gateway Growth

For Math Leaders, achievement awards recognize schools where 90 percent or more of students in the noted grade level are scoring Proficient or better on Milestones math tests.  Growth awards recognize schools that meet or surpass specific growth goals based on the grade level’s current percentage of students scoring Proficient or better.  

For Literacy Leaders, achievement awards recognize schools where 90 percent or more of students in the noted grade level are reading at or above grade level as measured by Milestones reading tests.  Growth awards recognize schools that meet or surpass specific growth goals based on the grade level’s current average reading level as measured by Milestones.  

The high school awards presented to middle schools recognize the success of eighth-graders in high school-credit classes.