NSCAS, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % On Track + Advanced.English Language Arts
82.4%
State avg 57.6%
District avg 80.8%
County avg 57.6%
Mathematics
81.1%
State avg 60.6%
District avg 82.8%
County avg 60.6%
Science
87.2%
State avg 73.4%
District avg 90.0%
County avg 71.1%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 81 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 87 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58, 61, and 73.
What is NSCAS?
NSCAS is the statewide standardized test administered by Nebraska public schools.
What does "% On Track + Advanced" 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 82.4% mean for English Language Arts at WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY?
It means about 82.4 percent of students tested at WEST DODGE STATION ELEMENTARY performed at grade level or above on the NSCAS English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Nebraska that year was 57.6%. 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 Nebraska, 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?
Nebraska Department of Education, Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS). School-level All Students subgroup from the NEP public data downloads (nepdata.education.ne.gov). Headline metric is the cumulative "On Track + Advanced" rate (top 2 of 3 NSCAS levels: Developing / On Track / Advanced).
How often is it updated?
NSCAS 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.
