Mounds View presents 2024–25 achievement and civic readiness report; district met several targets

Angie Peschel, executive director of curriculum and instruction, and Mary Stabb, director of research, assessment and evaluation, presented the Mounds View Public School District's 2024-25 Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness report at the Dec. 9 meeting, highlighting progress across five goal areas and planned strategies for continued improvement.

Mary Stabb described measurable outcomes for the year: kindergarten readiness in the early-childhood program reached 76% (meeting the district goal of increasing from 74% to 76%), and the district's graduating-according-to-plan rate for the class of 2024 rose to 97% overall. Stabb noted one subgroup ' students receiving English-learner services ' graduated at 87.7% for the year, up about 2 percentage points from the prior year. On college and career readiness metrics, the district reported 51% of students met three or four ACT college-readiness benchmarks, above the statewide comparison noted in the presentation.

Presenters described strategies that supported those outcomes: expanded early-childhood screening and literacy professional learning, targeted interventions for multilingual learners, enhanced dean-led 4-year planning, growth of early-college supports and career engagement activities, and the adoption of SchoolLinks (replacement for a prior tool) to support seniors in postsecondary planning. The district also set a multiyear equity goal to reduce racial disparities in AP participation from 8% to 3%; for the class of 2024 the disparity narrowed to 6%.

Board members thanked staff for the report and for extensive data tracking that supports interventions, noting continued work ahead to close racial and economic achievement gaps and to implement new mathematics standards that emphasize data science.