MIRANDA JAMISONExcelsior Springs earned 69.5% on its 2025 Annual Performance Report, keeping the district in the monitoring phase of state accreditation and prompting a lengthy and often tense discussion among board members and administrators about student growth and accountability.Assistant Superintendent of Academic Services Dr.Melissa Miller noted the score represents a composite of several weighted factors, including academic achievement, subgroup performance, growth, attendance, graduation rate and postsecondary readiness. The state’s cutoff for full accreditation is 70%.“The APR is not just one test score,” said Miller. “It’s a reflection of how students are performing, how much they’re improving and how consistent that progress is across all buildings.”The district earned full points for graduation and postsecondary readiness measures, maintaining 100% in the categories of CCR assessments, adva...