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Hardin Park has been a school of distinction, a category that includes schools that meet their expected growth and have more than 80 percent of their students at grade level, since 1996-97, said Mary Smalling, the school's principal. Last year, 90.8 percent of the school's students were at or above grade level.
Boone, North Carolina's very own Hardin Park Elementary School has been declared to be one of the most-improved schools in North Carolina. Known to be on high demand for ASU student internships and student teaching, Hardin Park Elementary is the sole public elementary school in the town of Boone. The great improvement was done all through tutoring and Saturday-school programs, both of which were available to any student wanting to academically improve. This should serve as exciting news for those who plan on doing future internships or student teaching at HP!