Rating

Public-School Academic Growth

Scale56-100

Higher values are better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places where tested public-school cohorts in the exact current district containing the named Census place's representative point make strong average grade-to-grade progress in combined math and reading.

Sources

Data behind the rating

2 sources

Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA 2025.1)

Version 2025.1; 2022-2025 pooled evidence preferred, 2009-2019 historical fallback

Data: All-student administrative-district combined math-and-reading Grade Year Standardized learning-rate estimates, using Stanford's recommended Empirical-Bayes estimate and adjusted standard error.
What it tells us: Shows average grade-to-grade progress among tested public-school cohorts in grades 3-8, where 1.0 is one 2019-national-reference grade level per grade. It is not achievement level, a calendar-time trend, or causal school effectiveness.

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 used for exact point containment.
What it tells us: Identifies the 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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