Ritzville School District Data
For the 2002/2003 academic year, the Ritzville School District (elementary school and high school data combined) exceeded Washington State norms:

Ritzville School District
Category: Student/Teacher
Ratio		 Average Years of
Teaching Experience		 Percent Teachers with
Masters or Higher Degree
Ritzville 15 16 62%
Statewide 18 13 56%

WASL Scores
The table below shows WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning) scores for the Ritzville School District compared to Statewide scores for the same grades. The tests are still evolving, as indicated by the fact that, Statewide, Washington pupils (nationally respected) are not close to 100% meeting of the current standards. The tabulations below are thus more indicative of a relative comparison of Ritzville with the State overall, rather than of absolute levels of achievement. (The data are from the 2002/2003 school year.)

Ritzville and Statewide WASL Results (percentage meeting standard)
Grade Level Reading Writing Listening Mathematics
4th Grade 75.0 / 67.8 81.3 / 54.8 71.9 / 66.9 78.1 / 56.0
7th Grade 58.3 / 49.1 65.7 / 56.4 94.3 / 89.4 34.3 / 37.6
10th Grade 79.4 / 64.9 79.4 / 66.5 91.2 / 82.6 30.3 / 42.5

In the data above, the Ritzville score is first, then the Statewide score.
Cells in green show Ritzville ahead of State levels, amber behind.

Moreover, the trend of the Ritzville School District over the past several years in almost all WASL scores has been clearly upward. (If you like, you can see a detailed breakdown of the data.)

National Comparisons
Washington State uses the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) to test students in grades 3 and 6, and Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) to test students in grade 9. The ITBS and ITED are "norm-referenced" tests, which means they measure how well students in Washington State scored in comparison to a national sample of students. The nominal goal is that 100% of all students meet or exceed the national average (50) on the tests.

For the 2002/2003 school year, the National Percentile Ranks for Ritzville pupils were:

Ritzville-District Pupils relative to National Level (50)
Grade Level Reading Mathematics Language Quantitative Thinking Expression
3rd Grade 65 69 n/a n/a n/a
6th Grade 67 66 71 n/a n/a
9th Grade 52 n/a n/a 55 49

In these data, 50 is the national average;
anything above 50 represents results proportionately
better than the national average.


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