Of the 202 students who took part in the MCAS, 39% did not meet the testing standard in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These students did not meet the required standards of the Math portion of the MCAS, compared to the 61% who did.
The number of Sherborn School District students who failed their Math assessments rose by 13% from the previous school year.
Sherborn School District roughly covers schools within Norfolk County and has a main office in Dover.
In the 2021-22 school year, 399,938 students took the Math test in Massachusetts with 39% students failing, 7.6% less than the year before.
According to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s 2022 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), the average scale score for grade 10 English Language Arts was 503, which met the expectation level, while the average scale score for grade 10 Science was 499, which only partially met the expectation level.
Massachusetts students performed better than most of their peers in other states, but their own average scores on a national assessment dropped from 2019 levels.
| School Name | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|
| Pine Hill School | 39% |
