Reading Proficiency

The Reading Proficiency indicator is the percentage of third grade students who meet or exceed proficient reading levels in 2013. Higher percentages are better than lower percentages. Reading levels are available by school, so only neighborhoods that have an elementary school are included. Data is from the Minnesota Education Report Card

Children with high reading levels by fourth grade are more likely to graduate from high school and have better health as they get older. High reading proficiency is linked to a reduction in alcohol abuse, violence, diabetes, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, hospitalization, HIV, cancer, and asthma. Reading Proficiency is included in the Educational Opportunities domain.

Neighborhood Indicator Value Ranksort ascending
Jordan 9.4% 32
Central 9.7% 31
Cleveland 11.1% 30
Sheridan 13.2% 29
Midtown Phillips 13.6% 28
Lind - Bohanon 13.9% 27
Lowry Hill East 15.3% 26
Hawthorne 17.6% 25
Longfellow 18.6% 24
Near - North 18.7% 23
Standish 19.8% 22
Bancroft 21.8% 21
Loring Park 25.0% 20
Bryn - Mawr 27.7% 19
Lyndale 31.7% 18
Whittier 35.3% 17
Windom 44.2% 16
Wenonah 48.0% 15
Hiawatha 49.4% 13
Seward 49.4% 13
Prospect Park - East River Road 50.0% 11
Waite Park 50.0% 11
Victory 50.8% 10
Ericsson 58.6% 9
Marcy Holmes 60.9% 8
Kenny 73.3% 7
Kenwood 74.7% 6
Armatage 75.8% 5
Lynnhurst 76.3% 4
Fulton 77.6% 3
East Harriet 81.3% 2
Hale 84.6% 1
Bottineau -% -
Bryant -% -
Webber - Camden -% -
Downtown West -% -
Holland -% -
Howe -% -
Linden Hills -% -
Folwell -% -
University of Minnesota -% -
West Calhoun -% -
McKinley -% -
King Field -% -
Willard - Hay -% -
Field -% -
Windom Park -% -
Regina -% -
Downtown East -% -
Tangletown -% -
Northrop -% -
Logan Park -% -
Lowry Hill -% -
Humboldt Industrial Area -% -
Elliot Park -% -
Diamond Lake -% -
Page -% -
Beltrami -% -
Steven's Square - Loring Heights -% -
Shingle Creek -% -
Ventura Village -% -
Northeast Park -% -
Cedar Riverside -% -
Keewaydin -% -
East Phillips -% -
St. Anthony West -% -
Camden Industrial -% -
Phillips West -% -
St. Anthony East -% -
Cedar - Isles - Dean -% -
Minnehaha -% -
North Loop -% -
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) -% -
East Isles -% -
Audubon Park -% -
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) -% -
Harrison -% -
Columbia Park -% -
Nicollet Island - East Bank -% -
Cooper -% -
Marshall Terrace -% -
Como -% -
East Calhoun (ECCO) -% -
Powderhorn Park -% -
Morris Park -% -
Mid - City Industrial -% -
Corcoran -% -

Key Citations:
1. Barrington, Byron L. and Bryan Hendricks. “Differentiating Characteristics of High School Graduates, Dropouts, and Nongraduates” The Journal of Educational Research , Vol. 82, No. 6 (Jul. - Aug., 1989), pp. 309-319.

2. Berkman, Nancy D., et al. "Literacy and health outcomes: summary." (2004).

3. DeWalt, Darren A., et al. "Literacy and health outcomes." Journal of General Internal Medicine 19.12 (2004): 1228-1239.

4. Hernandez, Donald J. 2011. Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation. April.

5. Lloyd, Dee Norman. "Prediction of school failure from third-grade data." Educational and Psychological Measurement 38.4 (1978): 1193-1200.

6. Paasche-Orlow, Michael K., and Michael S. Wolf. "The causal pathways linking health literacy to health outcomes." American Journal of Health Behavior 31.Supplement 1 (2007): S19-S26.

7. Schillinger, Dean, et al. "Does literacy mediate the relationship between education and health outcomes? A study of a low-income population with diabetes." Public health reports 121.3 (2006): 245.