Norwell Public Schools

District summary | Results for individual schools

These results for Norwell 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	26	54	18	2	177
	State	14	45	32	9	71,311
Mathematics	District	32	47	17	4	177
	State	19	41	24	16	71,323

Grade 4
English	District	22	54	22	2	184
	State	10	46	34	10	70,517
Mathematics	District	31	35	32	2	183
	State	19	29	39	13	70,645

Grade 5
English	District	32	54	13	2	175
	State	15	48	28	9	71,320
Mathematics	District	35	42	20	3	174
	State	19	32	31	18	71,352
Science & Tech	District	34	45	20	2	174
	State	14	37	37	12	71,338

Grade 6
English	District	16	68	15	1	179
	State	9	58	25	7	72,887
Mathematics	District	43	36	16	5	178
	State	20	32	28	20	72,889

Grade 7
English	District	24	66	8	2	151
	State	9	60	23	8	73,577
Mathematics	District	28	43	21	9	152
	State	15	31	30	24	73,592

Grade 8
English	District	24	71	5	0	167
	State	12	63	18	6	74,433
Mathematics	District	37	34	22	7	167
	State	17	28	30	25	74,319
Science & Tech	District	5	50	40	5	167
	State	3	30	44	24	74,257

Grade 10
English	District	45	42	12	1	161
	State	22	49	24	6	72,471
Mathematics	District	68	21	9	2	160
	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
Grace Farrar Cole
3rd Reading	32	53	14	0	90	58 of 1,013
3rd Math	29	52	17	2	90	125 of 1,013
4th English	20	57	22	1	82	155 of 996
4th Math	33	34	32	1	82	162 of 996
5th English	33	52	14	1	91	102 of 929
5th Math	38	41	20	1	91	69 of 929
5th Science	36	44	19	1	91	59 of 929

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
William G. Vinal
3rd Reading	20	55	22	2	83	210 of 1,013
3rd Math	36	43	17	4	83	159 of 1,013
4th English	25	52	22	1	99	155 of 996
4th Math	31	37	31	2	98	147 of 996
5th English	32	55	11	2	82	78 of 929
5th Math	32	44	19	5	81	104 of 929
5th Science	32	46	20	2	81	80 of 929

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Norwell Middle School
6th English	16	68	15	1	176	101 of 565
6th Math	44	35	16	5	175	48 of 565
7th English	24	66	8	2	150	44 of 464
7th Math	28	43	21	8	150	51 of 464
8th English	24	72	4	0	166	13 of 462
8th Math	37	34	22	7	166	55 of 461
8th Science	5	50	40	5	166	56 of 462

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Norwell High School
10th English	45	43	12	1	160	60 of 341
10th Math	69	21	9	2	159	38 of 341