DELWOOD COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2024
Each year the Iowa Department of Education releases their annual Iowa School Performance Profile report for each school district/building across the state. In the 2024 report that was recently released the Delwood Community School District was recognized as a “High Performing” school district based on our student academic proficiency rates, student academic growth, and our performance on several other success indicators. All of these indicators are calculated in a formula that earns each school a total score that corresponds with one of six designations according to the table below.
Delwood Elementary Performance Overview - HIGH PERFORMING
Delwood Elementary earned a total of 541.11 points, out of a possible 700 total points. This equates to over 77% of total points, which is well above the state average of 61%. Our elementary school’s highest performance was in the area of math proficiency with over 91% of our students scoring above the proficiency benchmark. Nearly 83% of our elementary students in grades 3-6 were proficient in the area of English Language Arts (ELA) according to the state assessment (Iowa State Assessment of Student Progress or ISASP). Our students' growth in the areas of ELA and math also exceeded the state average by 12% and 16%, respectively.
Delwood Elementary’s overall performance was the highest it has been since the beginning of this annual report in 2018. In fact, our school is currently performing 10% higher than the second best score we have received since the state began reporting this type of data in 2018.
Final Summary
As you can see in the data reports, Delwood Elementary is trending in a very positive direction. When we compare our student proficiency rates to all fifty-seven schools in our AEA (consisting of 21 school districts in east/central Iowa) we ranked ninth in the area of reading and seventh in the area of math. This places us in the top 12-15% of all schools in the Mississippi Bend AEA.
Our district is continuing to invest in high quality professional learning for our educators. We have also made a substantial effort to invest in new, research based curriculum resources. For example, our teachers in grades Kindergarten - 6th grade are implementing a brand new reading series to expose our students to more rigorous academic content and require higher levels of thinking in the activities they complete.
In the link below you will find more information regarding:
Proficiency rates for key reporting groups
Disaggregated data by subgroups, such as; race, socioeconomic status, students with disabilities, etc.
And More…