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Test scores

MCA, SY 2024-25

All grades, all students. % Meets or Exceeds Standards.
Reading
17.9%
State avg 49.7%
District avg 52.7%
County avg 49.5%
Mathematics
22.1%
State avg 45.3%
District avg 52.2%
County avg 46.9%
Science
24.0%
State avg 28.4%
District avg 28.7%
County avg 26.4%

BeatsExpectations

Not computed for this school
BeatsExpectations is not computed for specialized-population schools (schools for the deaf or blind, therapeutic and behavioral-health placements, juvenile-justice and alternative-education settings, and similar). State ELA/Math proficiency rates are not a comparable metric for these populations, so a demographically-adjusted residual against general-enrollment peers would be misleading. About the methodology →

By grade, SY 2024-25

School score vs state average per tested grade.
GradeReadingMathematicsScience
SchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten tested
Grade 423.5%46.4%1747.1%55.8%1723.5%46.4%17
Grade 69.1%54.4%1125.0%40.4%129.1%54.4%11
Grade 78.3%46.5%128.3%41.1%128.3%46.5%12
Grade 826.7%46.2%156.3%42.3%1613.3%16.8%15
Grade 1020.0%51.7%10N/AN/AN/A20.0%51.7%10

1-year history

All grades, all students. River Trail Learning Ctr @ LO Jacob   Minnesota avg

Reading

50182024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2517.9%52.7%49.5%49.7%

Mathematics

45222024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2522.1%52.2%46.9%45.3%

Science

28242024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2524.0%28.7%26.4%28.4%

How to read these scores

What is MCA?
Minnesota public-school students take the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) each spring in Reading and Math (grades 3-8 + grade 10) and Science (grades 5, 8, and high school). MCA uses 4 performance levels: Does Not Meet, Partially Meets, Meets, and Exceeds Standards.
What does "% Meets or Exceeds Standards" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school whose scores were "Meets the Standards" or "Exceeds the Standards" on the MCA — the top 2 of 4 performance levels (Does Not Meet, Partially Meets, Meets, Exceeds). Meets and above is Minnesota's grade-level benchmark. A higher number is better.
What does 17.9% mean for Reading at River Trail Learning Ctr @ LO Jacob?
It means about 17.9 percent of students tested at River Trail Learning Ctr @ LO Jacob performed at grade level or above on the MCA Reading test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Minnesota that year was 49.7%. 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 Minnesota, 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?
Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) + MTAS + Alternate MCA combined ("All Standards-Based"). School-level Percent Proficient from the MDE Assessment Files. Headline metric is the cumulative "Meets + Exceeds Standards" rate (top 2 of 4 MCA performance levels).
How often is it updated?
MCA 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.

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