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Thursday, November 21, 2024

In 2021-22 school year 66% of Stoughton Public Schools District students failed the Math portion of MCAS

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Of the 1,511 students who took part in the MCAS, 66% 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 34% who did.

The number of Stoughton Public Schools District students who failed their Math assessments fell by 10.5% from the previous school year.

Stoughton Public Schools District roughly covers schools within Norfolk County and has a main office in Stoughton.

In the 2021-22 school year, 399,938 students took the Math test in Massachusetts with 66% 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.

Stoughton Public Schools District's Students Proficiency in Math Over the Years
202120220%20%40%60%MassachusettsStoughton Public Schools District
Stoughton Public Schools District Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in Math During 2021-22 School Year
School NameStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Helen Hansen Elementary School64%
Joseph H. Gibbons School65%
Joseph R. Dawe Junior Elementary School63%
O'Donnell Middle School70%
Richard L. Wilkins Elementary School52%
South Elementary School45%

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