Acton Public Schools

District summary | Results for individual schools

These results for Acton Public Schools, released in October of 2007, are for the MCAS exams taken in the spring of 2007. Source: Massachusetts Department of Education.

District summary

All Students Spring 2007 Exam		% of students at each performance level				No. of students tested
All Students Spring 2007 Exam		Advanced/ Above Proficient	Proficient	Needs Improv.	Warning/ Failing	No. of students tested

Grade 3
Reading	District	29	51	18	2	376
	State	14	45	32	9	71,311
Mathematics	District	29	50	16	5	376
	State	19	41	24	16	71,323

Grade 4
English	District	23	62	14	1	382
	State	10	46	34	10	70,517
Mathematics	District	41	31	25	2	381
	State	19	29	39	13	70,645

Grade 5
English	District	44	44	8	4	395
	State	15	48	28	9	71,320
Mathematics	District	43	34	17	7	396
	State	19	32	31	18	71,352
Science & Tech	District	41	39	16	4	395
	State	14	37	37	12	71,338

Grade 6
English	District	31	62	6	2	388
	State	9	58	25	7	72,887
Mathematics	District	56	32	8	4	388
	State	20	32	28	20	72,889

Grade 7
English	District	--	--	--	--	1
	State	9	60	23	8	73,577
Mathematics	District	--	--	--	--	1
	State	15	31	30	24	73,592

Grade 8
English	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	12	63	18	6	74,433
Mathematics	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	17	28	30	25	74,319
Science & Tech	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	3	30	44	24	74,257

Grade 10
English	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	22	49	24	6	72,471
Mathematics	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	42	27	22	9	71,692

District summary | Results for individual schools

School-by-school results

Note: "Placement overall" ranks schools by combining the percentage of students who were either "Advanced" or "Proficient" and comparing that number for each subject and grade with schools across the state. The ranking was done by Boston.com.

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Merriam
3rd Reading	40	41	16	3	75	103 of 1,013
3rd Math	31	52	17	0	75	97 of 1,013
4th English	14	66	18	1	92	108 of 996
4th Math	39	29	30	1	92	147 of 996
5th English	43	45	11	2	94	65 of 929
5th Math	45	35	16	4	94	61 of 929
5th Science	43	40	13	4	94	31 of 929
6th English	28	65	4	3	96	14 of 565
6th Math	64	27	7	2	96	4 of 565

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
McCarthy-Towne
3rd Reading	26	49	24	1	74	210 of 1,013
3rd Math	19	50	26	5	74	348 of 1,013
4th English	24	56	20	0	71	108 of 996
4th Math	32	32	33	3	69	211 of 996
5th English	37	55	7	1	71	16 of 929
5th Math	34	32	28	6	71	210 of 929
5th Science	38	42	15	4	71	59 of 929
6th English	32	58	8	1	72	37 of 565
6th Math	44	40	11	4	72	21 of 565

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Douglas
3rd Reading	21	57	21	1	72	153 of 1,013
3rd Math	29	56	8	7	72	70 of 1,013
4th English	30	52	18	0	71	82 of 996
4th Math	34	41	24	1	71	67 of 996
5th English	34	55	4	8	77	45 of 929
5th Math	34	43	13	10	77	91 of 929
5th Science	34	44	17	5	77	80 of 929
6th English	32	60	5	3	75	21 of 565
6th Math	56	31	5	8	75	7 of 565

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Gates
3rd Reading	25	55	17	3	75	120 of 1,013
3rd Math	19	56	19	7	75	230 of 1,013
4th English	30	62	7	1	71	13 of 996
4th Math	54	27	18	1	71	25 of 996
5th English	56	36	7	1	75	16 of 929
5th Math	51	33	12	4	75	31 of 929
5th Science	36	41	21	1	75	92 of 929
6th English	20	73	7	0	74	14 of 565
6th Math	47	39	11	3	74	10 of 565

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Luther Conant
3rd Reading	36	51	13	0	75	39 of 1,013
3rd Math	47	40	11	3	75	47 of 1,013
4th English	22	72	4	1	69	9 of 996
4th Math	49	29	20	1	69	42 of 996
5th English	59	31	7	3	70	36 of 929
5th Math	56	26	14	4	70	43 of 929
5th Science	57	30	11	1	70	16 of 929
6th English	45	52	3	0	67	5 of 565
6th Math	66	25	6	3	67	4 of 565