During our Christmas performance, encouraging news was shared about Old Main STREAM Academy’s (OMSA) academic performance for the 2024–2025 school year. The school year results represent a significant achievement, reflecting both student proficiency and academic growth.
That success didn’t happen by accident. It is the product of real partnership; teachers, parents, grandparents, administrators, the OMSA Board of Directors, and-most importantly-students working with a shared commitment to excellence. We are proud of what our Firebirds have accomplished, and we know that this work continues every day.
Our focus for the rest of the year
Our Firebird goal is clear: maintain our B grade—or improve it. We know what it takes:
Strong attendance
Consistent engagement at school and at home
High expectations for every student
Daily focus on instruction and support
Independent data sources have previously highlighted that OMSA Native American students ranked first in proficiency statewide among reporting schools. This means Indigenous students at OMSA performed higher than Native American students at most other North Carolina schools on common academic indicators, including EOG proficiency. These outcomes demonstrate that OMSA students are achieving above-average results relative to statewide trends for Native students.
Statewide, approximately 29% of schools in North Carolina earned an A or B grade in 2024–25, placing OMSA’s B firmly among the top third of public schools across the state on this accountability measure.
National data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), commonly referred to as “The Nation’s Report Card”, consistently indicate that American Indian and Alaska Native students experience some of the largest and most persistent achievement gaps in reading and mathematics at the national level, particularly in grades 4 and 8. These gaps have remained largely unchanged over multiple assessment cycles, highlighting long-standing systemic inequities rather than individual student capacity.
In this broader national context, the academic performance of American Indian students at Old Main STREAM Academy (OMSA) represents a significant accountability outcome. Independent and state-reported data indicate that OMSA’s American Indian students perform at proficiency levels that rank among the highest statewide when compared to American Indian students enrolled in other North Carolina public schools. These results exceed prevailing statewide and national performance trends and demonstrate OMSA’s effectiveness in advancing academic growth, closing opportunity gaps, and fulfilling its charter mission to serve historically underserved student populations through high-quality, data-driven instruction.
OMSA Board of Directors