The state report card for all school districts distributed to the school boards last week shows Northland Pines with an overall score of 75.7 which exceeds expectations and is the same score as last year.
Pines has exceeded expectations since the start of state report cards in 2012-13.
The Closing Gaps score increased this year but student achievement, growth, and postsecondary readiness demonstrated a decline. Graduation and attendance is slightly above state average and 3rd grade english language arts is slightly above with 8th grade math showing below state average. Growth over time shows students with disabilities performing slightly higher than students that are economically disadvantaged.
Of the 1,306 students in Northland Pines, just over 15% are students with disabilities and just over 47% are economically disadvantaged. High school students overall score was 82.6 and exceeds expectations; middle school grades 7-8 overall score is 66.1 which meets expectations; School of Options and Applied Research (SOAR) middle school grades 5-8 overall score is 69.6 which meets expectations; Eagle River elementary grades K4-6 overall score is 65.1 which meets expectations; and St. Germain elementary K4-4 overall score is 82.9 which exceeds expectations. St. Germain Montessori, High School SOAR, and Land O' Lakes elementary could not be scored due to low number of students tested.
Administrator Scott Foster felt some of the difficulty in taking the test is fatigue experienced by students having to take a five hour test.
