Randolph Elementary Leads Fulton County Title I Distinguished Schools List

Randolph Elementary School in near south Fulton is leading the Fulton County Schools' list of schools making three or more years of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and earning the Title I Distinguished Schools designation, according to a news release from the district.

Randolph is also on a much smaller list of Fulton Schools receiving a monetary award for remaining on the list for 10 or more years.

Randolph —which is within the Cascade Patch boundaries—and nearby Stonewall Tell earned awards at $3,060 and $2,295, respectively.

The district has a total of 28 schools earning the Title I Distinguished Schools status and four earning monetary awards in 2012:

13 Consecutive Years of Making AYP:

• Randolph Elementary School

11 Consecutive Years of Making AYP:

• Stonewall Tell Elementary School

10 Consecutive Years of Making AYP:

• Brookview Elementary School
• Oak Knoll Elementary School 

Nine Consecutive Years of Making AYP:

• Dunwoody Springs Elementary School
• Evoline C. West Elementary School
• Esther Jackson Elementary School
• Gullatt Elementary School
• Harriet Tubman Elementary School 
• Love T. Nolan Elementary School
• Mt. Olive Elementary School
• Palmetto Elementary School
• River Eves Elementary School
• Seaborn Lee Elementary School
• Spalding Drive Charter Elementary School
• Woodland Elementary School

Eight Consecutive Years of Making AYP:

• S.L. Lewis Elementary School
• KIPP South Fulton Academy

Seven Consecutive Years of Making AYP:

• Woodland Middle School

Five Consecutive Years of Making AYP:

• Bethune Elementary School
• Hapeville Elementary School
• Renaissance Elementary School

Four Consecutive Years of Making AYP:

• Conley Hills Elementary School
• Hapeville Charter Middle School
• Sandtown Middle School 

Three Consecutive Years of Making AYP:

• High Point Elementary School
• Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary School
• Elkins Pointe Middle School

Title I funds are distributed by the federal government under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to assist in educating students who are economically disadvantaged. In Fulton, schools are eligible for Title I funding if 35 percent or more of the children in an attendance zone qualify for the free and/or reduced price meal program.