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If you could change one rule at SMITH-HALE MIDDLE, what would it be?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
English Language Arts
8.0%
State avg 48.5%
District avg 51.7%
County avg 49.5%
District avg 51.7%
County avg 49.5%
Test scores
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MO DVT (Growth), SY 2023-24
All grades, all students. Growth Percentile vs MO Peer Schools.Mathematics
N/A
State avg 47.6%
District avg 47.0%
County avg 44.5%
District avg 47.0%
County avg 44.5%
Science
73.0%
State avg 47.8%
District avg 54.1%
County avg 45.0%
District avg 54.1%
County avg 45.0%
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 48 and 48.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 2023-24
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 8 | 8.0% | 50.4% | 262 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 73.0% | 47.8% | 314 |
| Grade HS | N/A | N/A | N/A | 53.0% | 51.0% | 313 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1-year history
All grades, all students. HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER Missouri avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 8.0% | 51.7% | 49.5% | 48.5% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2023-24 | 73.0% | 54.1% | 45.0% | 47.8% |
Recent discussions
From the HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER community.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 8.0% mean for English Language Arts at HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER?
It means about 8.0 percent of students tested at HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER performed at grade level or above on the MO DVT (Growth) English Language Arts test in 2023-24. The statewide average for Missouri that year was 48.5%. 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.