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MMSD presents 2024–25 year‑in‑review: mixed academic results, middle‑school gains and higher attendance
Summary
District leaders presented the 2024–25 student data, highlighting middle‑school gains in literacy and math, modest gains on ACT college‑readiness benchmarks, a 71% rate of students attending 90% of days, a small decline in four‑year high school completion to 87%, and extensive summer programming reaching about 3,500 students.
Madison Metropolitan School District leaders presented a year‑in‑review of 2024–25 student outcomes and improvement work, reporting mixed academic results with notable gains in some middle schools, continued increases in overall attendance, and expanded summer programming.
Superintendent Dr. Gothard and district instructional staff told the Board of Education they continue to use the district improvement plan and school improvement plans (SIPs) — together with central office department improvement plans (CODIPs) — as a coordinated “improvement ecosystem” to drive work on the district’s strategic goals.
Key district figures presented for 2024–25 included: • Forward Exam (grades 3–8): elementary (grades 3–5) reading proficiency at 47% and middle school (grades 6–8) at 50% (middle school showed a 3 percentage‑point increase year‑over‑year). Forward math showed elementary proficiency at 43% (down 2 points) and middle school at 43% (up 2 points). • ACT / preACT:…
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