Congratulations! eStem Junior High and eStem High School have been recognized by the Office for Education Policy (OEP) at the University of Arkansas as schools where students are Beating the Odds by demonstrating high growth on the ATLAS, despite facing economic challenges outside of school! The OEP creates an annual report entitled the Outstanding Educational Performance Awards where they recognize schools with high student academic growth. They believe growth is the best indicator of the positive impact that our schools are having on students.
In OEP's Beating the Odds report, eStem Junior High and High Schools were awarded with several awards!
eStem Junior High received the following awards:
High Overall Growth (Statewide)
High Math Growth (Statewide)
High ELA Growth (Statewide)
High Science Growth (Statewide)
High Math Growth (Central Region)
High ELA Growth (Central Region)
High Science Growth (Central Region)
eStem High received the following awards:
High ELA Growth (Central Region)
High Science Growth (Central Region)
Beating the Odds awards recognize high-growth schools where at least 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. To learn more about how we determined the OEP award winners and to see the full list of award recipients, you can view all of our 2026 reports here.