03 · District movers
Which districts are improving fastest?
See which large districts gained or lost the most ground in one comparable academic measure.
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National trends and district comparison
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Large districts · 2022 to 2025
Biggest changes in estimated national standing
1Cincinnati Public SchoolsOH · 35,818 students+8 pts2District of Columbia Public SchoolsDC · 49,037 students+9 pts3Baltimore City Public SchoolsMD · 77,809 students+6 pts4Harford County Public SchoolsMD · 37,920 students+9 pts5Prosper IsdTX · 21,776 students+8 pts6Frederick County Public SchoolsMD · 45,220 students+7 pts7Calcasieu ParishLA · 27,334 students+7 pts8Rapides ParishLA · 21,679 students+7 pts9Frisco IsdTX · 65,821 students+5 pts10Socorro IsdTX · 46,932 students+7 pts
What this shows
These districts had the largest estimated gains or declines among districts with at least 20,000 students. A higher number means a larger change in national percentile standing.
Source policy
Every result keeps its year and source.
Primary sources
Stanford Education Data Archive 2025.1
Publication ruleSuppressed values remain suppressed. Unlike measures are not blended, and missing values are never treated as zero.
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