Academics

Our faculty strives to provide the appropriate educational settings and lessons to discover the strengths and needs of each student and works with your child as they develop academically. Our desire is that they succeed in the classroom and beyond. St. Paul School integrates God’s word into every facet of the curriculum and in every subject, from science and math to language arts and history.

Standardized testing is only one tool that teachers use to assess student learning. The Northwest Evaluation Association - Measure of Academic Progress (NWEA MAP) Growth is administered during the school year to students in kindergarten through eighth grade. MAP Growth measures what students know, regardless of their grade level. It also measures growth over time, allowing teachers and parents to track students’ progress throughout the school year and across multiple years. St. Paul students receive some of the highest scores in the Ann Arbor area, and they score above the national average in all subjects and grade levels.

NWEA MAP Growth

Grade	Subject	St. Paul Class Average (Mean Classroom RIT)	National Average (Grade Level Mean RIT)
K	Math	150.2	140
	Reading	151.5	141
1	Math	174.5	162.4
	Reading	175.6	160.7
2	Math	189.5	176.9
	Reading	188.5	174.7
3	Math	193.3	190.4
	Reading	199	188.3
	Language Usage	198.1	189.4
	Science	197.7	187.5
4	Math	207.8	201.9
	Reading	207.5	198.2
	Language Usage	210.3	198.8
	Science	205.2	194.6
5	Math	219.5	211.4
	Reading	213.1	205.7
	Language Usage	212.4	205.6
	Science	210	200.2
6	Math	226.7	217.6
	Reading	221.8	211
	Language Usage	220.4	210.7
	Science	215	204.3
7	Math	232.7	222.6
	Reading	227.2	214.4
	Language Usage	222.4	214
	Science	219.9	207.2
8	Math	247.5	226.3
	Reading	230	217.2
	Language Usage	226.5	216.2
	Science	223.5	210.3