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Are students making academic progress?

See how academic results have changed over time and compare the district with the country.

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District and U.S. comparison

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Estimated academic standing by state

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Lowest reportedNew Mexico · 30thHighest reportedMassachusetts · 56th

Darker color means a higher value, not necessarily a better result. A dash means no comparable state result is available.

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How academic results have moved since 2019

73rd percentilelatest comparable estimate
76th67th57th68th201960th202269th202371st202473rd2025
2019 starting point68th
Change by 2022-8 points
Recovery since 2022+13 points
Some recovery, but not back to 2019

The estimate fell 8 percentile points from 2019 to 2022 and has recovered 13 points since then. This is an estimated national standing, not the percentage of students at grade level.

About the data

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Source

Stanford Education Data Archive 2025.1 (separately labeled research layer)

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