Rating

Public-School Academic Achievement

Scale55-100

Higher values are better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places where tested public-school students in the exact current district containing the named Census place's representative point show strong combined math and reading/language-arts achievement.

Sources

Data behind the rating

2 sources

Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA 2025.1)

Version 2025.1; both subjects must use 2022-2025 or both must use the 2009-2019 historical fallback

Data: The exact approved all-student administrative-district math and reading/language-arts achievement scores, each based on Stanford's Empirical-Bayes Cohort Standardized estimate and adjusted standard error.
What it tells us: Summarizes average nationally comparable math and reading achievement among tested public-school students in grades 3-8. It does not show growth, causal school effectiveness, an individual child's likely outcome, or full school quality.

NCES EDGE School Districts - Current

2024-2025 school-district boundaries

Data: School-year 2024-2025 administrative, elementary, and unified boundaries and seven-digit district identifiers already approved by both subject scores and required to match exactly.
What it tells us: Identifies the one district boundary containing the named Census place's representative point; it is not an attendance zone, exact place-boundary overlay, or guarantee of school assignment.

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