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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS, SY 2024-25

All grades, all students. % Met or Exceeded Standard.
English Language Arts
N/A
State avg 58.4%
District avg 49.3%
County avg 63.6%
Mathematics
45.5%
State avg 51.2%
District avg 41.3%
County avg 57.9%
-4.5pp since 2023-24
Science
71.4%
State avg 52.2%
District avg 71.4%
County avg 64.3%

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
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.
GradeEnglish Language ArtsMathematicsScience
SchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten tested
Grade 10N/A65.8%N/A45.5%43.2%5N/AN/AN/A
Grade 11N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A71.4%45.4%10

2-year history

All grades, all students. Garfield at Palouse   Washington avg

Mathematics

40502023-2451452024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2545.5%41.3%57.9%51.2%
SY 2023-2450.0%39.1%48.1%40.4%

Science

52712024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2571.4%71.4%64.3%52.2%
SY 2023-24N/A33.3%57.6%47.1%

How to read these scores

What is Smarter Balanced + WCAS?
Washington public-school students in grades 3 through 8 plus grade 10 take the Smarter Balanced (SBAC) assessments in English Language Arts and Math each spring. The Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) is given at grades 5, 8, and 11.
What does "% Met or Exceeded Standard" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school whose scores were rated Level 3 or Level 4 on the test. Smarter Balanced reports four performance levels; Level 3 ("Met Standard") and Level 4 ("Exceeded Standard") signal the student is performing at grade level or above. A higher number is better.
How should I read a single score?
Each percent represents the share of tested students who performed at grade level or above. Compare the school number against the state, district, and county averages on this page to see whether it is above or below typical.
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 Washington, 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?
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Report Card Assessment Data on data.wa.gov. Smarter Balanced (SBAC) ELA + Math (grades 3-8 + 10/11), Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) at grades 5, 8, 11. Headline metric is the cumulative Level 3 + Level 4 rate (Smarter Balanced "Met or Exceeded Standard").
How often is it updated?
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 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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