Barton

Junior High

David served as the lead PLC coach for Barton Junior High over a three-year period. Barton is located in El Dorado, Arkansas, and serves a student population of over 80% low-income families. Barton’s leadership, dedicated teacher teams, professional learning community practices, and schoolwide system of interventions helped propel student achievement in reading, math, and science.

Science
2020-2021:
2021-2022: 32%
2022-2023: 40%

Reading
2020-2021:
2021-2022: 35%
2022-2023: 46%

Math
2020-2021:
2021-2022: 26%
2022-2023: 32%

The 7th to 8th grade cohort group of students rose from 32% to 54% proficient in reading in one year!