The University of Arkansas Office for Education Policy has released their rankings of outstanding educational performance awards for the 2015-16 school year with Norfork High School placing 11th out of the top 20 high schools in the state. Also ranking in the top 20 high schools in the state were Timbo at 15 and Salem at 19. The rankings are based on the Overall ACT Aspire exams.
In addition to their number 11 overall ranking in the state, Norfork ranked 9th in the state for ACT Aspire science achievement and 5th in the Northwest region of the state in the same category.
Norfork Schools have been the recipient of numerous awards at the state and national level in recent years, including the 2008 Arkansas Golden Apple, the 2016 Best High Schools by U. S. News and a National Blue Ribbon from the U. S. Department of Education in 2014.
Bobby Hulse, Principal at Norfork High School, says these awards mean a great deal to everyone connected with Norfork schools and the community.
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In addition to placing 15th in the state, Timbo placed in the Top five high schools in the Northeast Region in 2nd place for science, number three for overall ACT performance and math and 5th for overall English language arts.
Melbourne High School also was ranked in the top five of the Northeast region placing 5th in overall performance and in math.
Salem High School, which ranked 19th in the state based on Overall ACT Aspire achievement also ranked in the top five high schools in the Central region with 3rd place in math and 5th in science.
In the Junior High School rankings, Harrison placed 10th out of the top 20 schools in Overall ACT Aspire achievement and 10 out of the top 10 junior high schools in ACT English language arts.
Two area elementary schools placed in the top 20 schools in the state based on ACT Aspire achievement with Salem in 10th place and Mount Pleasant in 18th. Salem also placed in the 10th spot of the top 10 schools in English language arts and in the top 10 rankings in science, Salem was 8th and Mount Pleasant was 10th.
Mount Pleasant placed in the Top five of the Northeast region with 1st in science, third in overall scores, 4th in math and 5th in English language arts.
In the Central region, Salem placed number five in the Top five overall as well as 3rd in science, and 5th in both math and English language arts.
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