ISASP, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient.English Language Arts
76.5%
State avg 73.6%
District avg 76.9%
County avg 70.0%
-1.9pp since 2023-24
Mathematics
70.8%
State avg 70.9%
District avg 75.3%
County avg 66.7%
-2.8pp since 2023-24
Science
75.1%
State avg 67.2%
District avg 72.6%
County avg 62.4%
+13.4pp since 2023-24
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 71 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 75 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74, 71, and 67. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points and science scores are up about 13 points.
What is ISASP?
ISASP is the statewide standardized test administered by Iowa public schools.
What does "% Proficient" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 76.5% mean for English Language Arts at Southeast Polk Junior High?
It means about 76.5 percent of students tested at Southeast Polk Junior High performed at grade level or above on the ISASP English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Iowa that year was 73.6%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Iowa, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Iowa Department of Education, Iowa State Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP). School-level data by grade and subject from educate.iowa.gov. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient" rate (Proficient + Advanced, top 2 of 3 ISASP levels).
How often is it updated?
ISASP is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.
