School Performance

New Dimensions Public Charter School is committed to academic excellence and continuous growth.

Our School Performance History provides families and community members with an overview of student achievement, school progress, and accountability measures over time. We believe transparency and reflection are essential to ensuring that every student receives the highest-quality education.

Other Performance Indicators

School Report Card

Annual school report cards provide information on how our schools serve students. North Carolina's current school grading system is based on both state and federal requirements. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to have accountability systems.

NC School Report Card Quick Guide

Current NDS Report Card

Read To Achieve

The goal of this program “is to ensure that every student read at or above grade level by the end of third grade and continue to progress in reading proficiency so that he or she can read, comprehend, integrate, and apply complex texts needed for secondary education and career success.”

NC Read to Achieve Program

School Improvement Planning

The North Carolina General Assembly requires schools across the state to write improvement goals and identify strategies for reaching these goals. NC Star is North Carolina’s system for continuously and systematically managing school improvement planning.

School improvement planning provides a mechanism for identifying needs and establishing a common approach to meeting those needs at the school level. These goals and strategies are compiled in the School Improvement Plan (SIP). Effective school improvement planning contributes to overall school performance by:

Checklist with yellow check marks next to four points about school improvement priorities, including understanding the school's current state, reaching consensus, and identifying goals and strategies.

Planning Committee:

NDS Director
NDS Teachers/Teacher Assistants
NDSBoard Member(s)

Review Cycle:
The School Improvement Plan is reviewed approximately every 3 years.