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Sunday, October 6, 2024

In 2021-22 school year 39% of Scituate Public Schools District students failed the English portion of MCAS

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Of the 1,235 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 English Language Arts portion of the MCAS, compared to the 61% who did.

The number of Scituate Public Schools District students who failed their English Language Arts assessments rose by 10.5% from the previous school year.

Scituate Public Schools District roughly covers schools within Plymouth County and has a main office in Scituate.

In the 2021-22 school year, 400,101 students took the English Language Arts test in Massachusetts with 39% students failing, 10.1% 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.

Scituate Public Schools District's Students Proficiency in English Language Arts Over the Years
202120220%20%40%60%80%MassachusettsScituate Public Schools District
Scituate Public Schools District Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in English Language Arts During 2021-22 School Year
School NameStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Cushing Elementary School41%
Gates Middle School38%
Hatherly Elementary School43%
Jenkins Elementary School46%
Wampatuck Elementary School28%

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