Goals and Objectives

Our Mission

Opening our hearts to Christ, minds to learning and hands to service

Our Vision

To embolden our students to live the Gospel message.

Our Philosophy

Parents are our students’ primary source of learning. St. John School exists to complement, encourage and support our families’ endeavor to promote their child’s spiritual, emotional, physical, social and intellectual growth.

Our Results (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress)

ELA
Proficiency Spring 2021 Spring  2022
Range Grade  Average  Average
398 – 446 3 419 428.5
414 – 477 4 441.6 446.2
437 – 512 5 468.1 451.8
456 – 540 6 479.5 488.7
475 – 568 7 511.2 499.7
494 – 593 8 552.4 550.9
Math
Proficiency Spring 2021 Spring 2022
Range Grade  Average  Average
390 – 442 3 434.5 440.8
409 – 475 4 422.6 434.6
429 -502 5 438.6           441.4
450 – 531 6 455.6 470.4
469 – 574 7 494.1 481.7
490 – 605 8 558.2 545.9

Year-to-year: Over 80% of our students score in the proficient range or above for English/Language Arts & Math. Roughly 25% of our students score in the advanced range for English/Language Arts & Math. Our goal each year is for each student to improve his/her score by 10 points from the previous year.