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Test scores

BOWLES ELEM. · FENTON, MO
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MO DVT (Growth), SY 2024-25

All grades, all students. Growth Percentile vs MO Peer Schools.
English Language Arts
29.4%
State avg 49.5%
District avg 51.4%
County avg 51.2%
-24.8pp since 2023-24
Mathematics
38.6%
State avg 48.7%
District avg 44.6%
County avg 47.7%
-17.7pp since 2023-24
Science
38.0%
State avg 49.2%
District avg 61.1%
County avg 50.6%
-36.0pp since 2023-24

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below 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.
GradeEnglish Language ArtsMathematicsScience
SchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten tested
Grade 410.0%49.1%3841.0%49.2%38N/AN/AN/A
Grade 551.0%49.3%3436.0%48.5%3438.0%48.7%34

2-year history

All grades, all students. BOWLES   Missouri avg

English Language Arts

48542023-2450292024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2529.4%51.4%51.2%49.5%
SY 2023-2454.2%54.4%50.1%48.5%

Mathematics

48562023-2449392024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2538.6%44.6%47.7%48.7%
SY 2023-2456.3%47.2%47.5%47.6%

Science

48742023-2449382024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2538.0%61.1%50.6%49.2%
SY 2023-2474.0%59.3%50.5%47.8%

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 29.4% mean for English Language Arts at BOWLES ELEM.?
It means about 29.4 percent of students tested at BOWLES 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.

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