On Monday nights, immigrant parents come to the school to learn English. Once a month, the school holds parent outreach meetings for those interested in how to make healthier meals, help their children with math or motivating their child to read more.

Oak Hill earned 77 percent of points available on Missouri’s school report card last year, up from 41 percent in 2013-14.

But that doesn’t mean most Oak Hill students are passing state exams. In fact, one out of three were reading at grade level last year, based on results from the Missouri Assessment Program. And less than one in five were proficient in math.

Oak Hill earned its score under a state system that rewards students for the fact that they’re improving, even if they have yet to show they can pass standardized tests. It could be years before most reach proficiency.

On the Friday after winter break began, Principal Karessa Morrow met with teachers about the recent round of assessments — internal tests that provide continuous monitoring of where students are and how they might do on the MAP.