How Our Students Score

The schools of the Archdiocese administer the nationally normed, Common Core standards-aligned Renaissance STAR assessment for grades K-9th; early literacy for grades K-1st, and reading and math for grades 2nd through 9th. For the 2020-2021 school year fall and winter testing windows, 92 percent of students participated in the assessment. The following is a breakdown of the scores based on grade-level and subject.

• Grade K (early literacy): 74.9% of students met/exceeded benchmark (4.1% increase) 
• Grade 1 (early literacy: 69.9% of students met/exceeded benchmark (7.7% increase) 
• Grades 2nd-8th (math): 62.8% of students met/exceeded benchmark (4.4% increase)

• 62.5% of students grew at a typical or high rate from fall 2020 to winter 2021 when compared nationally to academic peers

• Grades 2nd-8th (reading): 55.8% of students met/exceeded benchmark (2.4% increase)

• 64.5% of students grew at a typical or high rate from fall 2020 to winter 2021 when compared nationally to academic peers 

• Grade 9 (math): 34.3% of students met/exceed benchmark (4.4% increase)
• Grade 9 (reading): 35.1% of students met/exceed benchmark (5.1% increase)

• Over 60% of high school students assessed grew academically at a typical or high rate in Math and Reading from fall 2020 to winter 2021 when compared nationally with their peers across the same platform.  

*Note: benchmark is 55 (K-8) to 65 percentiles (9th grade), respectively, among national peers.