• DEMOGRAPHICS
    YEAR SCHOOL OPENED
    1963
    ATTENDANCE RATE (%)
    95.0
    student Enrollment
    413
    Race/Ethnicity (%)
    African American....................... 14.1
    Hawaii/Pac. Islander.......................... -
    White.............................. 52.5
    Multiracial...................... 4.9
    Hispanic......................... 24.0
    American Indian/AK....................... -
    Asian.............................. 4.0
    GENDER (%)
    Male................................ 52.7 
    Female........................... 47.3
    Special Services** (%)
    FARMS........................... 30.3
    504.................................. 3.1
    Special Ed..................... 7.5
    LEP................................. 17.9
    Title 1............................. No

     **Special Services Terms Glossary

    School Renovation Details - 2016 New Construction

Rolling Knolls Elementary School

Key Challenges to Student Success

  • The students who attend Rolling Knolls Elementary School are influenced daily by events, situations, and circumstances that occur at home and in their neighborhood.  While there are numerous factors that contribute to student achievement at Rolling Knolls Elementary, the school leadership team has narrowed its focus to the following challenges to student success, with the acknowledgement that this is not an all-inclusive list and that some students may be affected by other opportunities or issues in their young lives. 

    This school's key challenges to student success are also noted in the boxes shown below. 
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  • Traditional MSDE and/or school-based student challenges

    • LEP (Limited English Proficiency) students
    • Quarterly Assessments scores - English
    • Quarterly Assessments scores - Mathematics
    • PARCC Scores - Mathematics (Elementary grades 3, 4, 5)
    • PARCC Scores - English/Language Arts (Elementary grades 3, 4, 5)

                 
    Key Challenge #1: LEP (Limited English Proficiency)

    During the past 8 years, there has been an increase in the number of EL students that have enrolled at our school. In 2011, Rolling Knolls Elementary served 32 students. In 2018, Rolling Knolls Elementary served 85 English Language Learners.Many of the parents of these students do not speak English and require a bilingual facilitator or translation service.Teachers try to support the ELL population as much as they can but often lack the tools necessary to help them understand the content being taught. 

    School Year 

    % of ESOL students 

    2014-2015 

    8% (33/433)

    2015-2016 

    11% (44/405)

    2016-17 

    16% (70/427)

    2017-2018 

    20% (88/441)

    2018-2019 

    18% (81/448)

    Key Challenge #2: PARCC Scores English/Language Arts(Elementary Grades 3,4,5)

    During the past three years, 0% of our EL students have scored a level 4 or 5 on the ELA PARCC assessment. This deficit in this particular student group led to a focused action step for our school. To address this concern as a school team, we have created and implemented a year-long professional development for our staff to increase their instructional strategies when working with EL students through the use of the SIOP model. In addition, we have established an ELL afterschool homework club to provide additional support for our EL students with academics. 

    While PARCC results demonstrated that 58% of students scored a 4 or 5 in English/Language Arts; 0% of English Language Learners scored a 4 or 5. In 2nd grade all students should be reading on or above grade level, 57% of students were reading on or above grade level while 19% of English Language Learners demonstrated on or above grade level reading skills on the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark System.

    Performance on PARCC in English/Language Arts has shown the following trends:

    • During the 2015-16, 57% (89/156) non-EL students earned a 4 or 5 on the PARCC and 0% (0/12) EL students earned 4 or a 5. 
    • During the 2016-17 school year, 63% (102/163) non-EL students earned a 4 or 5 on the PARCC while 0% (0/6) EL students earned 4 or a 5.
    • During the 2017-18 school year, 58% (91/157) non-EL students earned a 4 or 5 on the PARCC while 0% (0/33) EL students earned 4 or a 5.

           

  • Non-Traditional Socio-Economic Challenges

    • Limited English proficiency for students and/or families

  • HISTORICAL SCHOOL & COMMUNITY CHALLENGES THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE WRITING OF THIS SCHOOL'S STORY

    • Significant changes over time in student/community demographics

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