Eastwood Elementary Principal Joe Wank gave the results at Mondayâs board of education meeting.
âIn comparison to the previous year, we were about 12% below,â he said about the state test results. âThe state average was 37% proficient, ours was 58% proficient.â
While scores were 20% above the state average, Wank is looking at what can be done second semester to improve those grades.
This was a tough grade, because as second-graders several of their teachers were out half the year, he said, and then there was the pandemic.
âI thought they did really well,â Wank said.
He also asked for a fifth fourth-grade teacher next year to accommodate this yearâs large third-grade class.