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Dudley principal reports double-digit gains in K–2 literacy and math; school celebrates student achievements
Summary
Dudley Elementary Principal Cassandra Query told the Battle Creek Public Schools board the school raised K–2 STAR literacy scores from about 19% in fall 2023 to roughly 40% in winter 2025 and reported STAR Math growth from about 27% to 42%, citing daily interventions, tutoring and family-readership initiatives as key supports.
Dudley Elementary Principal Cassandra Query told the Battle Creek Public Schools Board of Education on April 14 that the school has seen measurable gains in early literacy and math and highlighted new schoolwide traditions intended to boost student engagement.
Query said Dudley has 87 students and a mix of program classrooms — two ECSE (early childhood special education) classes (two morning, two afternoon), two GSRP classrooms, one kindergarten–second-grade cognitively impaired (CI) classroom, two kindergarten classes, two first-grade classes and two second-grade classes. "When I started in the fall of '23–'24 we had about 19% of students at or above grade level," Query said. "In the winter ... we had 40% of our students at or above grade level." She reported math growth as well, saying STAR Math moved from roughly 27% at…
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