MO DVT (Growth), SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. Growth Percentile vs MO Peer Schools.English Language Arts
21.9%
State avg 49.5%
District avg 55.0%
County avg 51.9%
-35.5pp since 2023-24
Mathematics
68.3%
State avg 48.7%
District avg 59.6%
County avg 49.3%
+15.8pp since 2023-24
Science
51.0%
State avg 49.2%
District avg 36.9%
County avg 49.8%
-36.0pp since 2023-24
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 68 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 51 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50, 49, and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 36 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points and science scores are down about 36 points.
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 21.9% mean for English Language Arts at UNIVERSITY ACADEMY-LOWER?
It means about 21.9 percent of students tested at UNIVERSITY ACADEMY-LOWER 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.
