These students did not meet the required standards of the Math portion of the MCAS, compared to the 78% who did.
The number of Lexington Public Schools District students who failed their Math assessments fell by 23.6% from the previous school year.
Lexington Public Schools District roughly covers schools within Middlesex County and has a main office in Lexington.
In the 2021-22 school year, 399,938 students took the Math test in Massachusetts with 22% 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 students performed better than most of their peers in other states, but their own average scores on a national assessment dropped from 2019 levels.
| School Name | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|
| Bowman School | 19% |
| Bridge School | 25% |
| Fiske School | 28% |
| Harrington School | 30% |
| Jonas Clarke Middle School | 20% |
| Joseph Estabrook School | 25% |
| Maria Hastings School | 20% |
| Wm. Diamond Middle School | 16% |
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