South Washington County School District 833 students are not meeting Minnesota State standards for reading, science and math.
According to the most recent testing 46% of students are NOT reading at grade level. This should not be acceptable to anyone. It means that only 54% ARE reading at grade level. Proficiency rates should be well above 80%. The school district needs to be held accountable for ALL students’ educational outcomes.
Since 2018, SoWashCo School District 833 has declined by 15.9% in math, by 13.1% in reading, and 17% in science. Students are still struggling in academics with the decline beginning in 2018.

This data shows that, for reading and science, student performance has declined since 2021. For math there has been a small improvement.
(Image source: Minnesota Report Card, MN Dept of Education (MDE))

SoWashCounty School District 833 has only 21.2% students who exceed expectations in tests in 2024. From 2021 to 2024, students math test scores who have met standards have only increased by 0.4%.
The data from MDE show that the number of students who do not meet expectations is growing larger.
(Image source: Minnesota Report Card, MN Dept of Education (MDE))

SoWashCounty School District 833 has only 15.1% students who exceed expectations in tests in 2024. From 2021 to 2024, students reading test scores who have met standards decreased by 2.0%. 2,324 students do not meet reading testing standards in 2024.
The data from MDE show that the number of students who do not meet expectations is growing larger.
(Image source: Minnesota Report Card, MN Dept of Education (MDE))

SoWashCounty School District 833 has only 6.5% students who exceed expectations in tests in 2024. The percent of students who did not meet standards increased from 23.2% in 2021 to 30.2% in 2024. That is 1,107 students who do not meet science test standards. From 2021 to 2024, students science test scores who have met standards have decreased by 2.6%.
The data from MDE show that the number of students who do not meet expectations is growing larger.
(Image source: Minnesota Report Card, MN Dept of Education (MDE))

This graph shows a decline at the SoWashCo School District level and State level in reading and science. In 2024, science standards are only met by 42.1% of students. From 2021 to 2024, the percentage of students meeting reading standards decreased by 6.3%.
From 2021 to 2024, the percentage of students meeting math standards increased only 1.6%.
(Image source: Minnesota Report Card, MN Dept of Education (MDE))

This graph shows a decrease at the SoWashCo School District level and State level.
ONLY 54.5% of students were proficient in the 2024 school year in reading! From 2021 to 2024, the percentage of students proficient in reading dropped by 6.3%.
(Image source: Minnesota Report Card, MN Dept of Education (MDE))

This graph shows a decline at the SoWashCo School District level and State level.
ONLY 42.1% of students were proficient in science in the 2024 school year!
Less than half of the students meet stands for science in the SoWashCo district.
(Image source: Minnesota Report Card, MN Dept of Education (MDE))

This graph shows an increase at the SoWashCo School District level and State level.
ONLY 53.8% of students were proficient in the 2024 school year in math! This is a 1.6% increase from 2021
(Image source: Minnesota Report Card, MN Dept of Education (MDE))

In 2013 math proficiency was 62%; reading was 58%
In 2023 math proficiency is 46%; reading is 50%
Spending increased from 56% to 74%
Let's get a better return on our investment!
(Sources: MN Dept of Education, US Census Bureau and Reason Foundation, Center of the American Experiment, Alpha News)

This graph shows that only 51% of all SoWashCo School District 833 students met or exceeded MCA-III standards in 2021-22 which is 30.4% below the target goal.
(Image source: SoWashCo School District)
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