we first visited the principal last september just before the school year started. >> we need to do something bold. we need to really restart orchard guardens. he hand picked his staff to replace the 80% that he fired. the turnaround rules mandate he replace at least half. he also has $3.7 million in grants to help him over the next three years. seven months into the year with standardized test season in full swing, we check back in. >> i did not imagine we would be this far. i know that within three years we can have over 90% of our kids proficient or advanced and on a college track. >> reporter: these could be monumental gains when you consider only 10% of the students were proficient in years past. >> now we're anywhere from 35% to 50% proficient in english, and anywhere from 15% to 75% proficient in math. >> reporter: these are projections. official scores from state tests won't be available until this summer.