NW Twin Cities

During the 2022-23 school year, 2,153 students from 7th grade took the reading portion of the MCA in Wright County, according to the Minnesota Department of Education.

They scored an average of 751, with 54.7% of them considered proficient in the subject.

Data shows that Wright County students from 5th grade had the best reading performance on the test, marking a score of 554 and a proficiency rate of 68.1%.

At the other end of the educational spectrum, 8th grade students scored in the lowest proficiency of the reading portion of the MCA, when 54.5% of them were considered proficient in the subject with an average score of 850.

The number of Wright County students taking the reading portion of the MCA in the 2022-23 school year fell 0.8% from the previous school year.

The MCA is given annually to Minnesota students to determine the academic readiness of students. Not every grade is tested each year, and the scoring scale varies by grade level. These differing score brackets reflect the varying complexity and expectations at different educational stages.

Analysis from the the Nation's Report Card showed math and reading scores have fallen significantly in the last decade. Science scores have been steady in recent years.

Grade	Number of Students Tested	Considered proficient in Reading (%)
3	1,908	59.9%
4	1,954	57.9%
5	2,176	68.1%
6	2,091	64.4%
7	2,153	54.7%
8	2,152	54.5%
10	1,761	58.6%