These students did not meet the required standards of the Math portion of the MCAS, compared to the 69% who did.
The number of Needham Public Schools District students who failed their Math assessments fell by 17.8% 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, 399,938 students took the Math test in Massachusetts with 31% 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 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 | 34% |
| High Rock School | 20% |
| John Eliot School | 45% |
| Newman Elementary School | 38% |
| Pollard Middle School | 24% |
| Sunita L. Williams Elementary School | 37% |
| William Mitchell School | 36% |
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