Elementary places first in CESA 10, district second overall

The score charts are in and Stanley-Boyd Schools has performed well.

Stanley-Boyd took first for its elementary scores and sec ond overall within CESA 10, superintendent Jeff Koenig updating the board at the Oct. 24 regular board meeting.

The Elementary had the highest scores in all of CESA 10,” Koenig said. “They also had the highest math scores.”

Taking a cumulative state report card score of 78.6 on a weighted average of priority areas measuring achievement, growth, target group outcomes, and how many are on track to graduation in each district.

The categories of achievement and growth on the state report card measure English Language Arts and Mathematics, with growth prioritized in rankings at Stanley-Boyd due to its relative economic disadvantage compared with other districts in the state. So what are the scores?

Gains made in spite of circumstances, for the record. Emerging from remote learning into the post-shutdown world with the lead over surrounding school districts in terms of its overall report card score, the district saw gains in middle and elementary school compared with the most recent data from the 2018-2019 school year, with no state report cards were issued for 2020-21.

As to the elementary it gained four points overall from the last year measured , coming out at 78.5, the middle school gaining 2.6 points to come out at 85.4. The high school lost 6.7 points in its state report card score, coming out at 67.7 for the present.

Regarding individual subjects in the present 2020 – 21 state report card, the high school came in on the most state recent report card for language arts with 34.4 percent "proficient," 4.8 percent “advanced,” 34.8 percent at a “basic” level, and 26 percent at “below basic.”

As to the middle school’s state report card, Stanley-Boyd checked in for language arts with 35.2 percent rated "profi cient,” 10 percent rated “advanced,” 33.9 percent at “basic” level, and 20.9 percent “below basic.” For mathematics the middle school came in with 37.8 percent "proficient," 9.6 percent “advanced,” 26.5 percent at “basic,” and 26.1 percent “below basic.”

For elementary, Stanley-Boyd registered with 35.6 per- cent "proficient" in English language arts, 10.8 percent "ad vanced,” 30.6 percent “basic,” and 23 percent “below basic.” For math, the elementary numbers are 36.8 percent "profi cient,” 25.7 percent “advanced,” 21.6 percent “basic,” and 15.8 percent “below basic.”

Comparing the district’s scores with statewide results for broader priority areas, Stanley-Boyd Elementary scored 7.6 points over the state average for English language arts, com- ing out at 67.6. For third grade proficiency as measuring those "on track to graduate, that figure spiked, coming out at 68.9 in points based proficency rating, or 10 points above the state wide rating for k-5. Math at Stanley -Boyd also saw improvement and growth, coming out at 84, or more than 17 points over the statewide average of 66.8.

As to middle School, Stanley-Boyd came away with an English Language Arts priority score of 72.8 for sixth to eighth grade as opposed to 62.4 points for the state. In math the middle school scored 68.1 points in priority area score as opposed to 56 for the rest of Wisconsin. In terms of eighth grade math for a measure of being “on track to graduation, Stanley-Boyd middle schoolers scored 75.4 points versus 55.3 for statewide.

Closing out with high school, Stanley-Boyd saw a score of 60.4 priority area points for English Language Arts versus 61. 3 for the state, while math saw a score of 60.7 points for Stanley-Boyd, compared to a state score of 55.5. As for grad- uation, Stanley-Boyd scored 94.3 as opposed to 91.5 for the state.

Full district report cards can be accessed at the Wisconsin Department of Education website at dpi.wi.gov by typing “report cards” into the search bar.

Superintendent Jeff Koenig and Administrative Assistant Renee Mahal look at the projector screen as the Stanley-Boyd school board hears about the state report card Monday Oct. 24. Photo by Joseph Back.