Some Hall County and Gainesville schools bucked a state trend of steep drops in elementary school performance on the state’s College and Career Ready Performance Index,though the local school systems as a whole still lagged behind the state average. Ten of Hall’s 20 elementary schools and two in Gainesville saw increases in their scores from 2015 to 2016, while the state elementary average dropped from 76 to 71.7. The CCRPI measures how well Georgia students are being prepared for the next educational level. Those elementary schools in Hall with jumps were Lula, Chestnut Mountain, Lyman Hall, Myers, Riverbend, Tadmore, Wauka Mountain, Spout Springs, World Language and White Sulphur, while Gainesville’s Fair Street and Centennial saw improvements.