Reading
78.0%
State avg 49.7%
District avg 50.5%
County avg 49.8%
District avg 50.5%
County avg 49.8%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Minnesota schools by score · Grant County schools by score
MCA, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Meets or Exceeds Standards.Mathematics
25.0%
State avg 45.3%
District avg 41.3%
County avg 43.5%
District avg 41.3%
County avg 43.5%
Science
61.2%
State avg 28.4%
District avg 38.7%
County avg 33.5%
District avg 38.7%
County avg 33.5%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 25 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 61 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50, 45, and 28.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
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 | Reading | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 10 | 78.0% | 51.7% | 50 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 78.0% | 51.7% | 50 |
1-year history
All grades, all students. WEST CENTRAL AREA Minnesota avgReading
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 78.0% | 50.5% | 49.8% | 49.7% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 25.0% | 41.3% | 43.5% | 45.3% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 61.2% | 38.7% | 33.5% | 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 78.0% mean for Reading at WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY?
It means about 78.0 percent of students tested at WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY 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.