Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) recently released its annual school report cards. Hudson WI Schools achieved an overall score of 82.2, putting the district in the “Exceeds Expectations” category, earning it four of five stars. That is up from last year’s overall score of 78.5.

District Superintendent Nick Ouellette says,

“We continue to make improvements across the district. We are obviously happy that the district as a whole ‘exceeds expectations’ by the state with several buildings ‘significantly exceeding expectations.'”

Those buildings include Hudson Prairie, River Crest and EP Rock elementaries, Ouellette said.

The report cards are only one way the district monitors success.

DPI’s district report cards focus on four areas:

Student achievement: Focusing on English language arts and mathematics achievement.
District growth: Focusing on English language arts and mathematics growth.
Closing gaps: Focusing on English Language Arts and mathematics achievement gaps, and graduation rate gaps.
On-track and postsecondary readiness: Focusing on graduation rate, attendance rate, third grade English language arts achievement, and eighth grade mathematics achievement.