These students did not meet the required standards of the Science portion of the MCAS, compared to the 67% who did.
The number of Needham Public Schools District students who failed their Science assessments fell by 7.6% from the previous school year.
Needham Public Schools District roughly covers schools within Norfolk County and has a main office in Needham.
In the 2021-22 school year, 135,538 students took the Science test in Massachusetts with 33% students failing, 13.9% more 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 ranks 5th in the ranking of the best and worst public schools from Scholaroo. School systems were evaluated on three factors — student achievement, student safety, and the quality of school education.
| School Name | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|
| Broadmeadow School | 32% |
| John Eliot School | 50% |
| Newman Elementary School | 25% |
| Pollard Middle School | 30% |
| Sunita L. Williams Elementary School | 36% |
| William Mitchell School | 31% |
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