English Language Arts
83.0%
State avg 49.5%
District avg 54.1%
County avg 56.3%
-4.0pp since 2023-24
District avg 54.1%
County avg 56.3%
-4.0pp since 2023-24
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Missouri schools by score · Saline County schools by score
MO DVT (Growth), SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. Growth Percentile vs MO Peer Schools.Mathematics
59.0%
State avg 48.7%
District avg 35.7%
County avg 40.4%
-35.0pp since 2023-24
District avg 35.7%
County avg 40.4%
-35.0pp since 2023-24
Science
N/A
State avg 49.2%
District avg 54.1%
County avg 59.3%
District avg 54.1%
County avg 59.3%
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.6pp
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 4 | 83.0% | 49.1% | 92 | 59.0% | 49.2% | 94 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2-year history
All grades, all students. BENTON Missouri avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 83.0% | 54.1% | 56.3% | 49.5% |
| SY 2023-24 | 87.0% | 58.7% | 57.2% | 48.5% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 59.0% | 35.7% | 40.4% | 48.7% |
| SY 2023-24 | 94.0% | 50.8% | 52.1% | 47.6% |
How to read these scores
What is MO DVT (Growth)?
MO DVT (Growth) is the statewide standardized test administered by Missouri public schools.
What does "Growth Percentile vs MO Peer Schools" 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 83.0% mean for English Language Arts at BENTON ELEM.?
It means about 83.0 percent of students tested at BENTON ELEM. performed at grade level or above on the MO DVT (Growth) English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Missouri that year was 49.5%. 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 Missouri, 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?
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education / SAS EVAAS, Missouri Data Visualization Tool (MO DVT). Per-school value-added growth percentile from the public MO DVT API at modese.sas.com. NOTE: This is a GROWTH metric, not a proficiency metric. A "Growth Percentile" of 80 means this school grew faster than 80% of Missouri peer schools on the MAP Grade-Level Assessment over the year — NOT that 80% of students were proficient. School-level MAP proficiency is gated behind the MCDS portal login and is not currently ingested.
How often is it updated?
MO DVT (Growth) 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.