The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) has released results from the 2023-2024 school year’s statewide standardized tests. The results for the three campuses of Nome Public Schools reveal a range of outcomes, with some test groups performing above the statewide average while the majority fell behind.
This analysis, performed by KNOM, looks at the percentage of students that earned an Advanced/ Proficient score on the state’s AK STAR English Language Arts (ELA), AK STAR Math, and Alaska Science assessments. Students that did not achieve the Advanced or Proficient score are deemed “Approaching Proficient/ Needs Support” by the DEED.
The charts for each subject area below are interactive. Click or tap on the dots to filter the data and see exact values.
Nome Elementary School
Students at Nome Elementary generally performed below the statewide average in both ELA and Math. For third and fourth graders, scores lagged behind the state by a few percentage points, particularly in ELA.
Fifth graders at Nome Elementary demonstrated the largest deviation from the statewide scores. Test takers earning the Advanced/ Proficient score in ELA, Math, and Science were over 16 percentage points below the statewide average. By contrast, the third and fourth grade ELA and Math test groups were within eight percentage points of the statewide average.
Anvil City Science Academy
Anvil City Science Academy showed strong results overall, besting the statewide average at nearly every grade level and subject area. Only the seventh grade group of math test takers performed below the statewide average, scoring within half of a percentage point of the statewide value.
The eighth grade group excelled in all subject areas assessed, particularly on the AK STAR Math assessment. Nearly 62% of test takers earned an Advanced/ Proficient score, compared to the statewide average of just under 32%.
Nome-Beltz Junior/Senior High School
Seventh, eighth, and ninth graders at Nome Beltz performed below the statewide average on every subject area assessed. Some test groups were either too small or potentially revealing of personally identifiable information, resulting in some grade levels not having reportable scores.
Two grade levels shared by Anvil City Science Academy and Nome Beltz revealed a large gap in math performance between the neighboring campuses, particularly in the eighth grade where nearly 62% of Anvil City’s test takers earned Advanced/ Proficient scores, compared to just 14% at Nome Beltz.
