Renaissance Education Honor Roll
Your Mission is Our Mission
While schools can simply toe-dip into Jostens Renaissance® or jump fully into the pool, many focus their culture and climate efforts to impact measurable facets of student performance. We’re honored to work with an amazing network of schools to help their students get across the stage on graduation day. With our unparalleled resources, a library of best practices and vibrant community of educators, Renaissance schools across the country are driving tangible results.
As a part of the School of Distinction application, schools report metrics that are tracked throughout the year. We are ecstatic to see their incredible results using the Renaissance Results Formula and resources:
Academic Achievement
| Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute, TN |
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| When reviewing the classes of 2023 and 2024, Alvin C. York increased their graduation rate by 6%. |
| Bonney Lake High School, WA |
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| Bonney Lake High School increased the percentage rate of freshmen passing by 7% between the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school year. |
| Brazoswood High School, TX |
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| Brazoswood High School saw a 3.5% decrease in students at risk of failing a class or grade across all grade levels. |
| Del City High School, OK |
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| By reinforcing the value of academic achievement, Del City High School was able to decrease the amount of failing grades by 5%. |
| DeLand High School, FL |
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| Since 2017, DeLand High School’s graduation rate has been steadily increasing from 76% to 95%. |
| DeLand High School, FL |
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| When DeLand High School began to implement academic pep rallies, 28% of the student body had a 3.0 or above GPA. In 2024, 62.5% of students had a 3.0 or above! |
| Drew Middle School, SC |
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| Drew Middle School increased the amount of graduating 8th graders entering a specialized high school program by 20%. |
| Fredonia Junior Senior High School, KS |
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| The number of students at Fredonia Junior Senior High School with a failing grade has decreased 36% since 2021. |
| Garfield Elementary School, WA |
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| Within the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students at Garfield scoring mid or above grade increased by 14% for reading and 13% for math, while the percentage of students one or more grade levels below their reading level decreased by 16% and below their math level by 15%. |
| Grand Rapids High School, MN |
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| Grand Rapids High School increased their graduation rate by 3.7% in 2023-2024 school year. |
| Green River High School, WY |
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| Comparing the summers of 2023 and 2024, Green River High School decreased the amount of students required to attend summer school classes by 5.5%. |
| Greenbrier High School, TN |
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| Since starting Renaissance in 2006, Greenbrier High School has increased their graduation rate from 85% to 95.7%. |
| Horizon Middle School, CO |
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| In the 2023-2024 school year, Horizon Middle School students achieving a 3.5 GPA increased by 22% in comparison to the 2022-2023 school year. |
| Indio Middle School, CA |
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| In their first year of using Renaissance resources at a school wide level, Indio Middle School saw a 2% increase in their average student body GPA. |
| La Quinta Middle School, CA |
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| In the 2023-2024 school year, students receiving A’s increased from 42% to 47%. |
| La Quinta Middle School, CA |
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| In the 2023-2024 school year, students receiving receiving D’s and F’s decreased 11%. |
| Newberg High School, OR |
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| Newberg High School increased their “9th Grade On-Track to Graduate” rate by 5% from school year 2022 to school year 2023. |
| Oakbrook Middle School, SC |
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| Within the 2023-2024 school year, Oakbrook Middle School decreased the amount of students failing one or more classes by 5%. |
| Ottawa High School, KS |
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| Ottawa High School increased their graduation rate by 7% since implementing Renaissance Commitment to Graduate® activities in 2019. |
| Pascagoula High School, MS |
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| Since beginning Renaissance initiatives and classes, Pascagoula High School increased their graduation rate from 86.9% to 90.1%. |
| Shelbyville Central High School, KY |
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| From school year 2022 to school year 2023, Shelbyville Central High School improved their state school growth score from a three to a five. |
| Sand Creek High School, CO |
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| Between spring 2021 and spring 2024, Sand Creek High School has increased the amount of students receiving a 4.0 or above GPA by 6%. |
| Skyview Middle School, CO |
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| According to their STAR assessments, Skyview Middle School saw a 5.6% increase in student growth over the course of one year of Renaissance implementation. |
| State College Area High School, PA |
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| Comparing the summers of 2023 and 2024, State College Area High School decreased the amount of students required to attend summer school classes by 10%. |
| Stratford High School, SC |
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| Stratford High School increased their student passage rate by 10% in the 2023-2024 school year. |
| Summerville High School, SC |
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| In the 2022-2023 school year, Summerville High School hit a record-breaking graduation rate of 93%. |
| Warrior Run Junior Senior High School, PA |
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| Between school year 2022 and school year 2023, Warrior Run Junior Senior School decreased their student drop-out rate by 50%. |
| Warrior Run Junior Senior High School, PA |
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| Between school year 2022 and school year 2023, Warrior Run Junior Senior School increased their graduation rate by 2%. |
Educator Morale
| Bixby High School, OK |
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| By recognizing more Staffulty™, Bixby High School experienced an almost 6% decrease in absences between school year 2023 and school year 2024. |
| Drew Middle School, SC |
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| Drew Middle School’s staff relationships scored higher than their district’s county average by 25%. |
| Green River High School, WY |
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| By recognizing more educators, Green River High School experienced a 2% decrease in educator absences between school year 2023 and school year 2024, even while many educators are part of the coaching staff. |
| Hancock North Central Elementary School, MS |
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| Beginning Renaissance strategies in fall 2023, Hancock North Central Elementary School saw a 3% increase in Staffulty attendance during that same school year. |
| Little Rock Southwest High School, AR |
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| Since implementing Renaissance, Little Rock Southwest High School decreased their Staffulty turnover rate by 25%. |
| Musselman High School, WV |
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| 20% of Staffulty members at Musselman High School had perfect attendance for the first semester of the 2023-2024 school year. |
| Newberg High School, OR |
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| Newberg High School increased their Staffulty retention rate by 6% since 2020. |
| National Trail High School, OH |
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| National Trail High School increased their Staffulty attendance to 98% in the 2023-2024 school year. |
| Oakbrook Middle School, SC |
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| Between school year 2023 and school year 2024, Oakbrook Middle School was able to cut their educator turnover rate by 10%, increasing retention from 86% to 96%. |
| Philip Simmons Elementary School, SC |
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| Philip Simmons Elementary School increased their educator retention rate from 88.5% to 95% in the 2023-2024 school year. |
| Sand Creek High School, CO |
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| Sand Creek High School increased their Staffulty participation rate with Renaissance by 28%. |
| South Hancock Elementary School, MS |
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| South Hancock Elementary School increased their Staffulty attendance by 6% since starting Jostens Renaissance. |
| Stratford High School, SC |
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| Using Jostens Renaissance to recognize and reward teachers, Stratford High School was able to increase their Staffulty retention rate by 6%. |
Student behavior, grades, and attendance have seen improvements in our first year implementing Renaissance. Renaissance has started to change the way our community sees us, has increased a positive culture among our students, and changed the outlook of our staff from focusing on what students are doing wrong and moving towards how to recognize and reward our students for doing the right thing.
| Summerville High School, SC |
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| In the first two years of Renaissance, teacher retention at Summerville High School improved from 80.6% to 95%. |
Character Development
| Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute, TN |
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| Using rewards, Alvin C. York Institute achieved a daily student attendance percentage of 93% and a schoolwide perfect attendance of 6.7%. |
| Bixby High School, OK |
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| Bixby High School increased their student involvement in extracurricular activities by 7% during the 2023-2024 school year. |
| Bixby North Intermediate School, OK |
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| Bixby North Intermediate School decreased their student absentee rate by 2.7% since they began implementing Renaissance recognition strategies to enhance student-teacher relationships in 2023. |
| Bixby West Elementary School, OK |
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| Bixby West Intermediate School decreased the number of behavior referrals by 8% since implementing Renaissance in 2023. |
| Bullitt Lick Middle School, KY |
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| Bullitt Lick Middle School decreased their behavior referral rate by 65% in their first year implementing Renaissance. |
| Clear Creek Middle and High School, CO |
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| Clear Creek Middle and High School increased their attendance rates by 3% since implementing Renaissance in 2022. |
| Clear Creek Middle and High School, CO |
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| According to a Youth Truth Survey, Clear Creek Middle and High School increased their students’ sense of belonging at school by 5% since implementing Renaissance in 2022. |
| Dawes Ave Elementary School, NJ |
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| Dawes Avenue Elementary School increased their daily attendance rate to 93% in the 2023-2024 school year. |
| Del City High School, OK |
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| Using Renaissance to help engage students, Del City High School increased the student participation rate of their Class of 2026 by 9% in the 2023-2024 school year. |
| DuBose Middle School, SC |
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| DuBose Middle School increased their overall student body participation rate by 55% by offering more extra-curriculars that interested students. |
| Ferrucci Junior High School, WA |
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| In the 2023-2024 school year, Ferrucci Junior High School simultaneously decreased the percentage of chronically absent students by 10% and increased the percentage of students with zero absence issues by 11%. |
| Green River High School, WY |
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| Between school year 2023 and school year 2024, Green River High School saw an increase of 7.5% in students participating in extra-curricular activities. |
| Hancock Middle School, MS |
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| Hancock Middle School increased their daily attendance rate from an average of 88% to 93% in the 2023-2024 school year. |
| Henderson County North Middle School, KY |
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| Since implementing Renaissance in 2022, Henderson County North Middle School increased their formal extra-curricular activities by 32% to achieve a 71% student participation rate. |
| Kingman Academy of Learning High School, AZ |
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| In the fall of 2023, Kingman Academy of Learning High School improved their perfect attendance rate by 6%. |
| Licking Valley High School, OH |
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| Between school year 2023 and school year 2024, Licking Valley High School increased their student body participation in formal extra-curricular activities by 21%. |
| Little Rock Southwest High School, AR |
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| From the fall semester of 2022 to 2023, Little Rock Southwest High School decreased their disciplinary rate by 6%. |
| Lucille Umbarger Elementary School, WA |
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| Since implementing Renaissance in 2018, the Lucille Umbarger Elementary School increased their student attendance rate by 20%. |
| Marshall County High School, TN |
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| Since 2019, Marshall County High School has decreased the percentage of students who are chronically absent by 6%. |
| North Creek High School, WA |
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| In their second year of using Renaissance, North Creek High School saw a 7% increase in student engagement with homecoming festivities. |
| Marshall High School, WI |
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| In the 2023-2024 school year, Marshall High School decreased the percentage of students showing up late to class by 3.6%. |
| Mayde Creek High School, TX |
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| Comparing the first quarters of the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years, Mayde Creek High School saw a 19% decrease in serious discipline offenses. |
| Musselman High School, WV |
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| Since the 2021-2022 school year, the percentage of chronically absent students decreased by 10%. |
| National Trail High School, OH |
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| In the 2022-2023 school year, students with a discipline incident dropped 10% from the year before. |
| Oakbrook Middle School, SC |
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| Since implementing Renaissance in 2022, Oakbrook Middle School’s student disciplinary rate decreased by 53%. |
| Ottawa High School, KS |
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| In one year, the percentage of students at Ottawa High School receiving an “In School Suspension” decreased 61.92% in addition to the percentage of students receiving “Out of School Suspension” decreased by 45.93%. |
| Pascagoula High School, MS |
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| Pascagoula High School saw a significant decrease in students who have a discipline incident, going from 30.5% to 14.1% of students in the 2023-2024 school year. |
| Phillip Simmons Elementary School, SC |
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| Since implementing Renaissance, Phillip Simmons Elementary School saw a 10% decrease in students with office referrals, as well as a significant decrease in serious offenses. |
| Skyview Middle School, CO |
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| Since implementing Renaissance in 2022, Skyview Middle School has reduced behavioral referrals by 31%. |
| Solanco High School, PA |
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| Between school year 2022 and school year 2024, Solanco High School reduced their out-of-school suspensions rate by 49% and reduced their in-school suspension rate by 44%. |
| Summerville High School, SC |
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| Summerville High School’s discipline rate decreased by 34% since implementing Renaissance in 2019. |
| Washougal High School, WA |
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| Washougal High School increased their student attendance rate by 22.49% since implementing Renaissance in the 2020-2021 school year. |
| Welsh High School, WA |
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| Comparing to the 2022-2023 school year, Welsh High School saw a 23% increase in student attendance during the 2023-2024 school year. |
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