Rating

Public-School Reading 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 nationally comparable reading and language-arts achievement.

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 pooled-by-subject reading/language-arts achievement on the nationally comparable Cohort Standardized scale, using Stanford's recommended Empirical-Bayes estimate and adjusted standard error.
What it tells us: Shows average tested-student reading/language-arts achievement in the matched public-school district. It does not show growth, adult literacy, causal school effectiveness, a single state's proficiency rate, or an individual child's likely outcome.

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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