St. John School uses MAP to assess student progress. The MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) test is an excellent source to determine your child’s instructional level and to measure academic growth throughout the school year.  Subjects covered on the MAP assessment are Reading, Language Arts, and Math. MAP assessments are computer-adaptive tests (CATs). Computer-adaptive tests continually adjust the difficulty of each child’s test by choosing each test question based on the child’s previous response. If the child answers a question correctly, the difficulty level of the next item is increased. If the child misses a question, the difficulty level is decreased. CATs save testing time and spare your child the frustration of items that are too difficult and the boredom of items that are too easy. These tests are shorter and more efficient than conventional pencil and paper tests, and acquire more information about a student’s ability in less time. The MAP assessment is administered three times per year in the computer lab to students in grades K-8.  Following each testing period, parents receive a report of their child’s growth.  Additionally, the ACRE religion assessment is administrated in the spring to students in grades 5 and 8."

Our students consistently score well above the national average on this test. 

At St. John School we are more concerned about the individual progress of each child.  The size of our student body allows our teachers to individualize lesson plans around the strengths and challenges that our students face.  Our goal is to take each student to the next level of learning.
One of the best measures of an elementary and middle school is how their students perform in high school.  We continually receive positive comments from local high schools about how well our students are prepared.