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MCAS high school chemistry exam passing rates
Here are the passing rates for school districts on the 2007 MCAS high school chemistry exam, given in the spring of 2007. To pass a student must score "needs improvement" or higher. Beginning with the class of 2010 (current 10th graders), students must pass at least one of the four high school science tests in order to get their diplomas. Not every school participated in all four exams. Source: State Department of Education.| HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY | |||||||
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| 2007 Rank |
District name | % Advanced | % Proficient | % Needs improv. |
% Failing | Number tested |
% Passed |
| 1 | Acton-Boxborough Regional | 53 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 100 |
| 1 | Ashland | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 100 |
| 1 | Berlin-Boylston Regional | 26 | 52 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 100 |
| 1 | Cohasset | 47 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 100 |
| 1 | Dighton-Rehoboth Regional | 35 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 49 | 100 |
| 1 | Foxborough | 33 | 51 | 16 | 0 | 55 | 100 |
| 1 | Foxborough Regional Charter | 38 | 46 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 100 |
| 1 | Groton-Dunstable Regional | 32 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 53 | 100 |
| 1 | Harvard | 65 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 100 |
| 1 | Lynnfield | 39 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 100 |
| 1 | Minuteman Voc. Tech | 25 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 100 |
| 1 | Mohawk Trail Regional | 31 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 100 |
| 1 | Oxford | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 100 |
| 1 | Westwood | 38 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 95 | 100 |
| 1 | Weymouth | 53 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 100 |
| 1 | Woburn | 21 | 61 | 18 | 0 | 38 | 100 |
| 17 | Concord-Carlisle Regional | 71 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 99 |
| 18 | Holliston | 29 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 49 | 98 |
| 18 | Melrose | 15 | 55 | 27 | 2 | 85 | 98 |
| 18 | Wayland | 54 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 98 |
| 21 | Dedham | 17 | 54 | 26 | 3 | 35 | 97 |
| 22 | Hopedale | 30 | 43 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 96 |
| 22 | Reading | 27 | 43 | 25 | 4 | 95 | 96 |
| 22 | Stoughton | 21 | 53 | 23 | 4 | 53 | 96 |
| 25 | Braintree | 8 | 44 | 43 | 5 | 91 | 95 |
| 25 | Burlington | 37 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 43 | 95 |
| 25 | Masconomet Regional | 22 | 50 | 24 | 5 | 109 | 95 |
| 25 | North Andover | 44 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 57 | 95 |
| 25 | Swampscott | 13 | 60 | 23 | 5 | 62 | 95 |
| 25 | Wilmington | 16 | 48 | 31 | 5 | 61 | 95 |
| 31 | Chatham | 9 | 47 | 38 | 6 | 34 | 94 |
| 31 | Gloucester | 21 | 46 | 27 | 6 | 71 | 94 |
| 31 | Norwood | 31 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 107 | 94 |
| 31 | Taunton | 31 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 67 | 94 |
| 35 | Framingham | 25 | 48 | 21 | 7 | 191 | 93 |
| 35 | Georgetown | 50 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 93 |
| 35 | Hingham | 15 | 45 | 33 | 7 | 120 | 93 |
| 35 | Walpole | 7 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 76 | 93 |
| 39 | Beverly | 27 | 35 | 29 | 8 | 51 | 92 |
| 39 | Scituate | 15 | 44 | 32 | 8 | 59 | 92 |
| 39 | Winchendon | 17 | 58 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 92 |
| 42 | Auburn | 3 | 59 | 29 | 9 | 34 | 91 |
| 42 | King Philip Regional | 45 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 91 |
| 42 | Shrewsbury | 23 | 47 | 21 | 9 | 107 | 91 |
| 45 | East Longmeadow | 15 | 45 | 29 | 11 | 55 | 89 |
| 45 | Westborough | 61 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 89 |
| 47 | Dover-Sherborn Regional | 18 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 138 | 88 |
| 47 | Ludlow | 15 | 34 | 38 | 12 | 73 | 88 |
| 49 | Brockton | 12 | 37 | 38 | 13 | 100 | 87 |
| 50 | Duxbury | 14 | 39 | 32 | 14 | 76 | 86 |
| 50 | West Springfield | 12 | 33 | 41 | 14 | 51 | 86 |
| 52 | Barnstable | 28 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 40 | 85 |
| 52 | Norfolk County Agricultural | 5 | 30 | 50 | 15 | 20 | 85 |
| 52 | Pentucket Regional | 11 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 87 | 85 |
| 52 | Randolph | 7 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 41 | 85 |
| 52 | Wellesley | 19 | 41 | 25 | 15 | 307 | 85 |
| 52 | Winchester | 23 | 28 | 33 | 15 | 243 | 85 |
| 58 | Amherst-Pelham Regional | 23 | 28 | 33 | 16 | 43 | 84 |
| 58 | Brookline | 20 | 37 | 27 | 16 | 205 | 84 |
| 58 | Newton | 17 | 33 | 34 | 16 | 353 | 84 |
| 58 | Salem | 4 | 36 | 45 | 16 | 103 | 84 |
| 62 | Lunenburg | 10 | 41 | 32 | 17 | 41 | 83 |
| 62 | Quincy | 33 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 52 | 83 |
| 62 | Waltham | 17 | 25 | 42 | 17 | 12 | 83 |
| 65 | Marlborough | 20 | 43 | 18 | 20 | 40 | 80 |
| 65 | Plymouth | 10 | 20 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 80 |
| 67 | North Reading | 8 | 30 | 41 | 21 | 145 | 79 |
| 67 | Westford | 16 | 31 | 32 | 21 | 332 | 79 |
| 69 | Falmouth | 4 | 29 | 44 | 22 | 90 | 78 |
| 69 | Haverhill | 15 | 49 | 15 | 22 | 41 | 78 |
| 71 | Medford | 17 | 27 | 32 | 23 | 103 | 77 |
| 72 | Fairhaven | 0 | 27 | 49 | 24 | 55 | 76 |
| 72 | West Bridgewater | 2 | 14 | 60 | 24 | 42 | 76 |
| 74 | Middleborough | 5 | 39 | 30 | 26 | 77 | 74 |
| 74 | Milton | 5 | 25 | 44 | 26 | 148 | 74 |
| 76 | Dartmouth | 10 | 35 | 28 | 27 | 97 | 73 |
| 77 | Belmont | 25 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 273 | 72 |
| 77 | Freetown-Lakeville Regional | 10 | 26 | 37 | 28 | 133 | 72 |
| 79 | Wareham | 2 | 21 | 48 | 29 | 42 | 71 |
| 80 | Boston Collegiate Charter | 0 | 24 | 45 | 31 | 29 | 69 |
| 80 | Mount Greylock Regional | 7 | 29 | 33 | 31 | 84 | 69 |
| 80 | Tyngsborough | 3 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 62 | 69 |
| 83 | Hanover | 2 | 36 | 30 | 32 | 44 | 68 |
| 83 | Mashpee | 0 | 13 | 55 | 32 | 31 | 68 |
| 85 | Ashburnham-Westminster Regional | 3 | 23 | 41 | 33 | 93 | 67 |
| 85 | Berkshire Hills Regional | 20 | 33 | 13 | 33 | 30 | 67 |
| 85 | Lowell | 6 | 27 | 34 | 33 | 213 | 67 |
| 85 | Wakefield | 4 | 21 | 42 | 33 | 150 | 67 |
| 89 | Natick | 13 | 24 | 30 | 34 | 271 | 66 |
| 90 | Chelsea | 5 | 23 | 36 | 36 | 81 | 64 |
| 90 | Dracut | 0 | 50 | 14 | 36 | 14 | 64 |
| 90 | Holbrook | 0 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 64 |
| 90 | Marblehead | 17 | 24 | 23 | 36 | 157 | 64 |
| 94 | Bedford | 12 | 23 | 28 | 38 | 199 | 62 |
| 95 | Canton | 7 | 24 | 31 | 39 | 169 | 61 |
| 95 | Nantucket | 3 | 14 | 44 | 39 | 59 | 61 |
| 95 | Narragansett Regional | 8 | 20 | 32 | 39 | 74 | 61 |
| 98 | Lynn | 2 | 9 | 49 | 40 | 43 | 60 |
| 99 | North Attleborough | 2 | 19 | 38 | 41 | 215 | 59 |
| 100 | Seekonk | 2 | 24 | 31 | 42 | 83 | 58 |
| 101 | Littleton | 4 | 14 | 39 | 43 | 74 | 57 |
| 102 | Hudson | 5 | 15 | 37 | 44 | 62 | 56 |
| 103 | Granby | 0 | 14 | 41 | 45 | 106 | 55 |
| 103 | Norwell | 2 | 22 | 31 | 45 | 156 | 55 |
| 105 | Northampton | 3 | 19 | 31 | 47 | 208 | 53 |
| 106 | Longmeadow | 13 | 13 | 26 | 48 | 237 | 52 |
| 106 | Pembroke | 6 | 18 | 28 | 48 | 211 | 52 |
| 106 | Rockport | 1 | 15 | 36 | 48 | 81 | 52 |
| 109 | Boston | 7 | 22 | 23 | 49 | 999 | 51 |
| 110 | Frontier Regional | 1 | 9 | 39 | 51 | 108 | 49 |
| 110 | Ipswich | 1 | 15 | 33 | 51 | 156 | 49 |
| 112 | Millis | 2 | 19 | 26 | 52 | 84 | 48 |
| 112 | South Hadley | 7 | 15 | 26 | 52 | 149 | 48 |
| 114 | Fall River | 0 | 20 | 22 | 58 | 64 | 42 |
| 114 | Gardner | 1 | 15 | 26 | 58 | 223 | 42 |
| 114 | Hull | 0 | 0 | 42 | 58 | 26 | 42 |
| 114 | Old Rochester Regional | 7 | 14 | 21 | 58 | 106 | 42 |
| 114 | Sturgis Charter | 0 | 10 | 33 | 58 | 52 | 42 |
| 119 | Pittsfield | 7 | 14 | 20 | 59 | 370 | 41 |
| 120 | Danvers | 1 | 16 | 22 | 61 | 221 | 39 |
| 120 | New Bedford Global Learning Charter | 0 | 11 | 29 | 61 | 28 | 39 |
| 122 | Worcester | 2 | 13 | 22 | 62 | 624 | 38 |
| 123 | Cambridge | 3 | 10 | 24 | 63 | 302 | 37 |
| 124 | Sabis International Charter | 0 | 0 | 36 | 64 | 11 | 36 |
| 125 | Holyoke | 0 | 0 | 33 | 67 | 27 | 33 |
| 126 | Peabody | 2 | 9 | 19 | 70 | 436 | 30 |
| 126 | Somerville | 3 | 8 | 19 | 70 | 163 | 30 |
| 128 | Prospect Hill Academy Charter | 0 | 5 | 24 | 71 | 62 | 29 |
| 129 | Saugus | 0 | 5 | 20 | 74 | 187 | 26 |
| 130 | Northeast Metro Voc. | 0 | 3 | 22 | 75 | 154 | 25 |
| 131 | Leominster | 0 | 6 | 16 | 77 | 402 | 23 |
| 132 | Springfield | 0 | 3 | 18 | 78 | 65 | 22 |
| 133 | New Bedford | 0 | 4 | 15 | 80 | 357 | 20 |
| 134 | Lawrence | 0 | 2 | 13 | 85 | 361 | 15 |
| 135 | Revere | 0 | 2 | 11 | 87 | 292 | 13 |