School Grades: 2007 Compared to 2006

In 2007, 1,135 schools maintained an "A" school grades, 148 schools maintained a "B" school grade, 242 schools maintained a "C"

school grade, 49 schools maintained a "D" school grade, and 4 schools maintained an F school grade. There were 219 schools that

improved to an "A" from a "B", 79 schools improved to an "A" from a "C", and 6 schools improved to an "A" from a "D". There were

80 schools that improved to a "B" from a "C", 4 schools improved to a "B" from a "D", and 1 school improved to a "B" from an "F".

There were 23 schools that improved to a "C" from a "D" and 2 schools that improved to a "C" from an "F". There were 7 schools that

improved to a "D" from an "F". There were 224 schools that dropped from an "A" to a "B", 96 schools dropped from an "A" to a "C", 3

schools that dropped from an "A" to a "D", and 2 schools dropped from an "A" to an "F". There were 207 schools that dropped from a

"B" to a "C", 23 schools that dropped from a "B" to a "D", and 5 schools that dropped from a "B" to an "F". There were 128 schools that

dropped from a "C" to a "D" and 35 schools that dropped from a "C" to an "F". There were 34 schools that dropped from a "D" to an "F".