Outstanding Academics

Congratulations to Mrs. Elizabeth Lauhoff for winning the NCEA Learn, Serve, Lead, Succeed Award! The award is presented to a teacher who has a clear, integrated philosophy of Catholic education and is held in high regard by peers, students, and parents. Mrs. Lauhoff was surprised by her family during the award presentation at this year's Meet the Teacher meeting. This is Mrs. Lauhoff's 11th year teaching 5th Grade at St. Paul Catholic School. Congratulations on this well-deserved award!

National standardized tests show Catholic School students outperform Public School students

Nationally, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress, Catholic school students out-performed public school students in both reading and math in 2022:


Catholic school students’ average scores were 15 points higher than the average scores of their grade 8 public school peers. (Source: October 24, 2022, National Center for Education Statistics, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, www.nationsreportcard.gov/.)


At St. Paul Catholic School, STAR test results show that class averages are above expected levels in both Reading and Math in nearly every grade.

                                                              2022 - 2023 Average Grade Level Equivalents
                                                                        Math                                       Reading
            Grade 1                                               1.5                                           2.6
            Grade 2                                               2.4                                           2.8
            Grade 3                                               4.1                                           4.3
            Grade 4                                               4.7                                           5.7
            Grade 5                                               5.9                                           6.3
            Grade 6                                               7.7                                           7.2
            Grade 7                                               8.6                                           8.0
            Grade 8                                               9.3                                           9.4
           

St. Paul 8^th Graders scored above average compared to national norms
At St. Paul Catholic School, this year’s 8^th Graders performed very well on their recent Catholic High School Placement Tests, scoring at or above the national average on all measures. Specifically, they scored above average in Verbal Skills, Cognitive Skills, Reading, Language, Basic Skills, and Overall Composite.


 

St. Paul graduates do very well in high school, earning top honors in academics, sports, arts, and leadership.

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