Of the 6,083 students who took part in the MCAS, 84% 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 16% who did.
The number of Lawrence Public Schools District students who failed their Math assessments fell by 11.1% from the previous school year.
Lawrence Public Schools District roughly covers schools within Essex County and has a main office in Lawrence.
In the 2021-22 school year, 399,938 students took the Math test in Massachusetts with 84% 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.
The results of the spring 2022 MCAS examinations were mixed, with declines in ELA scores and gains in Math and Science scores since 2021. Overall results indicate a need for improvement as compared to pre-pandemic levels.
| School Name | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|
| Alexander B. Bruce School | 86% |
| Arlington Middle School | 89% |
| Community Day Arlington School | 93% |
| Edward F. Parthum School | 78% |
| Emily G. Wetherbee School | 80% |
| Francis M. Leahy School | 94% |
| Frost Middle School | 76% |
| Gerard A. Guilmette School | 95% |
| Guilmette Middle School | 85% |
| John K. Tarbox School | 78% |
| Oliver Partnership School | 98% |
| Parthum Middle School | 79% |
| Robert Frost School | 73% |
| School for Exceptional Studies | 100% |
| South Lawrence East Elementary School | 80% |
| Spark Academy | 80% |
| UP Academy Leonard Middle School | 83% |
| UP Academy Oliver Middle School | 78% |
