Hingham Public Schools

District summary | Results for individual schools

These results for Hingham 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	24	48	25	4	302
	State	14	45	32	9	71,311
Mathematics	District	22	50	18	11	301
	State	19	41	24	16	71,323

Grade 4
English	District	20	60	18	1	296
	State	10	46	34	10	70,517
Mathematics	District	39	28	30	3	295
	State	19	29	39	13	70,645

Grade 5
English	District	29	58	12	1	285
	State	15	48	28	9	71,320
Mathematics	District	34	39	24	3	283
	State	19	32	31	18	71,352
Science & Tech	District	28	54	16	2	284
	State	14	37	37	12	71,338

Grade 6
English	District	13	71	13	2	304
	State	9	58	25	7	72,887
Mathematics	District	24	38	31	7	303
	State	20	32	28	20	72,889

Grade 7
English	District	11	71	15	2	298
	State	9	60	23	8	73,577
Mathematics	District	14	40	30	16	298
	State	15	31	30	24	73,592

Grade 8
English	District	24	67	7	2	263
	State	12	63	18	6	74,433
Mathematics	District	29	34	27	9	264
	State	17	28	30	25	74,319
Science & Tech	District	5	44	45	6	265
	State	3	30	44	24	74,257

Grade 10
English	District	42	48	7	2	262
	State	22	49	24	6	72,471
Mathematics	District	57	31	10	3	262
	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
William L. Foster Elementary
3rd Reading	16	58	25	1	97	232 of 1,013
3rd Math	17	58	18	7	96	230 of 1,013
4th English	16	66	18	0	85	82 of 996
4th Math	40	27	32	1	85	162 of 996
5th English	33	58	9	1	80	25 of 929
5th Math	36	45	18	1	80	53 of 929
5th Science	35	43	20	2	81	80 of 929

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Plymouth River
3rd Reading	31	49	18	2	103	120 of 1,013
3rd Math	27	47	16	11	103	248 of 1,013
4th English	22	57	20	1	113	123 of 996
4th Math	37	32	29	2	112	134 of 996
5th English	25	59	15	0	111	119 of 929
5th Math	39	33	25	3	110	143 of 929
5th Science	23	60	17	0	110	31 of 929

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
South Elementary
3rd Reading	25	39	30	6	93	442 of 1,013
3rd Math	23	47	19	11	93	328 of 1,013
4th English	21	63	16	0	94	63 of 996
4th Math	44	26	30	1	94	122 of 996
5th English	33	55	10	1	87	65 of 929
5th Math	26	43	29	2	86	174 of 929
5th Science	31	55	12	2	86	17 of 929

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Hingham Middle School
6th English	13	71	14	2	301	101 of 565
6th Math	24	38	31	7	300	186 of 565
7th English	12	72	15	1	294	107 of 464
7th Math	14	40	30	16	293	156 of 464
8th English	25	68	6	2	257	48 of 462
8th Math	28	35	28	9	258	92 of 461
8th Science	5	44	46	5	259	88 of 462

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Hingham High School
10th English	43	48	7	1	256	36 of 341
10th Math	58	31	9	2	256	46 of 341