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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 national comparison

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Estimated academic standing by state

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Lowest reportedNew Mexico · 30thHighest reportedMassachusetts · 55th

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

36th percentilelatest comparable estimate
39th33rd26th36th201933rd202229th202333rd202436th2025
2019 starting point36th
Change by 2022-3 points
Recovery since 2022+3 points
Some recovery, but not back to 2019

The estimate fell 3 percentile points from 2019 to 2022 and has recovered 3 points since then. This is an estimated national standing, not the percentage of students at grade level.

Source policy

Every result keeps its year and source.

Primary sources

Stanford Education Data Archive 2025.1 (separately labeled research layer)

Publication rule

Suppressed values remain suppressed. Unlike measures are not blended, and missing values are never treated as zero.

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