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The Mequon-Thiensville School District has achieved a ranking of “Significantly Exceeds Expectations” on the 2023-2024 District Report Cards issued in November 2024 by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) with an overall score of 83.1. The district's ranked score is the 10th highest, or in the top 3%, among 367 K-12 public school districts in the state. MTSD has significantly exceeded expectations in all ten years that the District Report Cards have been produced.

As part of the state accountability system, the DPI produces report cards for every publicly funded school and district in Wisconsin. ​​Though the DPI warns against comparing outcomes longitudinally in that how scores are arrived at has changed from year to year, the report cards are a resource that the District uses to reflect on our strengths and areas for improvement. They provide a helpful point of comparison against other comparable Wisconsin public school districts. Four priority areas are at the foundation of the Wisconsin District and School Report Cards. Schools and districts receive a score for each priority area:

• Achievement - measures the level of knowledge and skills among students in the school, compared to state and national standards in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics on the annual state assessments
• Growth - year-to-year progress in ELA and math achievement
• Target Group Outcomes - outcomes for the students in the lowest quartile in the school
• On-Track to Graduation - reliable predictors of how successfully students are progressing toward completing their K-12 education

New for this year, state assessments were updated for 2023-24, including new performance level categories and updated standards. The results from these updated assessments are included in the 2023-24 report cards. The scoring of achievement components on the 2023-24 report cards has also been modified to allow for comparability and stability in the system. 

All six schools in the Mequon-Thiensville School District exceed or significantly exceed expectations on this year’s report cards. Districtwide scores on the MTSD School Report Cards can be found on our district website. Some notable data points include:

• The MTSD Achievement score was in the top 2% of K-12 public school districts in the state.
• The MTSD Growth score was in the top 7% of K-12 public school districts in the state.
• The MTSD Targeted Group Outcomes score was in the top 7% of K-12 public school districts in the state.
• The MTSD Target Group Achievement score was in the top 3% of K-12 public school districts in the state.
• The MTSD ELA (English Language Arts) Achievement score ranked in the top 2% of K-12 public school districts in the state.
• The MTSD Math Achievement score ranked in the top 2% of K-12 public school districts in the state.

Read more information, review notable highlights, and points of improvement, and review all district and school report cards on our district website.