St. Paul Reporter

During the 2022-23 school year, 5,622 students from 6th grade took the math portion of the MCA in Ramsey County, according to the Minnesota Department of Education.

They scored an average of 639, with 27.4% of them considered proficient in the subject.

Data shows that Ramsey County students from 3rd grade had the best math performance on the test, marking a score of 345 and a proficiency rate of 42.2%.

At the other end of the educational spectrum, 7th grade students scored in the lowest proficiency of the math portion of the MCA, when 26.9% of them were considered proficient in the subject with an average score of 741.

The number of Ramsey County students taking the math portion of the MCA in the 2022-23 school year rose 1.2% 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 Math (%)
3	5,978	42.2%
4	6,155	39.4%
5	5,990	31.2%
6	5,622	27.4%
7	5,663	26.9%
8	5,667	29.7%
11	3,982	28.1%