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What do students at Pennfield Senior High School actually talk about outside of class?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
English Language Arts
N/A
State avg 47.7%
District avg 27.9%
County avg 37.3%
District avg 27.9%
County avg 37.3%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Michigan schools by score · Calhoun County schools by score
M-STEP, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Advanced + Proficient.Mathematics
N/A
State avg 44.8%
District avg 30.1%
County avg 36.1%
District avg 30.1%
County avg 36.1%
Science
46.0%
State avg 47.5%
District avg 35.6%
County avg 37.1%
District avg 35.6%
County avg 37.1%
Social Studies
44.7%
State avg 47.7%
District avg 31.0%
County avg 38.7%
District avg 31.0%
County avg 38.7%
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 46.0% | 48.5% | 150 | 44.7% | 54.7% | 150 |
1-year history
All grades, all students. Pennfield Michigan avgScience
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 46.0% | 35.6% | 37.1% | 47.5% |
Social Studies
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 44.7% | 31.0% | 38.7% | 47.7% |
Recent discussions
From the Pennfield Senior High School community.How to read these scores
What is M-STEP?
Michigan public-school students in grades 3 through 8 take the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) each spring in English Language Arts and Math. Science is added at grades 5, 8, and 11; Social Studies at grades 5, 8, and 11. High school students take the SAT and PSAT as part of the state assessment system.
What does "% Advanced + Proficient" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school whose scores were "Proficient" or "Advanced" on M-STEP — the top 2 of 4 performance levels (Not Proficient, Partially Proficient, Proficient, Advanced). Proficient and above is Michigan's grade-level benchmark. A higher number is better.
How should I read a single score?
Each percent represents the share of tested students who performed at grade level or above. Compare the school number against the state, district, and county averages on this page to see whether it is above or below typical.
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 Michigan, 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?
Michigan Department of Education / Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI), Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP), via the MI School Data "Request School Data File" portal (mischooldata.org). School-level All Students subgroup. Headline metric is the cumulative "Advanced + Proficient" rate (top 2 of 4 M-STEP levels: Advanced, Proficient, Partially Proficient, Not Proficient).
How often is it updated?
M-STEP 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.