Worst-scoring 7th grades by school

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students passing the 7th grade MCAS exams, taken in the spring of 2005. Readers should keep several cautions in mind: A ranking can make too much of small differences; districts ranking far apart on the list may have only slightly different scores. Districts draw students from communities that vary widely in wealth, the education level of parents, and other factors. Also, the share of students in special education, or with English as a second language, vary greatly. Source: Boston Globe calculations from Mass. Department of Education figures.

7TH GRADE ENGLISH
2005 Rank	District, school name	% Passing
458	New Bedford, West Side	0
457	Springfield, Mass Career Dev Institute	29
456	Fall River, Fall River Alt	33
455	Boston, William McKinley	37
454	Holyoke, Holyoke Alternative Program	42
453	Revere, Seacoast	43
451	Boston, Boston Middle School Academy	48
451	Brockton, B B Russell	48
450	Boston, Mission Hill	54
449	Springfield, John J Duggan	61
448	Lawrence, John R Rollins	62
447	Springfield, Springfield Academy	67
444	Boston, Patrick F Gavin	68
444	Boston, Umana/Barnes	68
444	Brockton, East	68
442	Holyoke, Dr Wm R Peck	69
442	Lynn, Welcoming Middle	69
441	Boston, Orchard Gardens, Roxbury	70
440	Holyoke, Maurice A Donahue	72
439	Boston, Lewis	74
437	Boston, New Boston Pilot Middle School, Dorchester	75
437	Holyoke, E N White	75
434	Boston, Mildred Avenue Middle	76
434	Boston, Solomon Lewenberg	76
434	Lowell, Bartlett	76
432	Holyoke, Kelly	77
432	Springfield, Chestnut Street	77
430	Boston, Martin Luther King Jr	78
430	Springfield, M Marcus Kiley	78
425	Boston, Grover Cleveland	79
425	Boston, Horace Mann	79
425	Boston, Mary E Curley	79
425	Chelsea, Joseph A. Browne	79
425	Worcester, Sullivan	79
417	Boston, Clarence R Edwards	80
417	Fall River, Edmond P Talbot	80
417	Fall River, Henry Lord	80
417	Holyoke, John J Lynch	80
417	Lawrence, Emily G Wetherbee	80
417	Lowell, Henry J Robinson	80
417	Springfield, Van Sickle	80
417	Worcester, Worcester East	80
412	Boston, Dearborn	81
412	Boston, Woodrow Wilson	81
412	Lawrence, Arlington	81
412	Lawrence, James F Leonard	81
412	Worcester, Burncoat Middle	81
409	Boston, Washington Irving	82
409	Eugene Wright, Chelsea	82
409	Holyoke, Lt Clayre Sullivan	82
405	Boston, John W McCormack	83
405	Lawrence, Gerard A. Guilmette	83
405	Lawrence, Robert Frost	83
405	Somerville, Lincoln Park	83
401	Cambridge, Kennedy-Longfellow	84
401	Lawrence, South Lawrence East	84
401	Springfield, John F Kennedy	84
401	Worcester, Forest Grove	84
398	Haverhill, Dr Paul Nettle	85
398	Lowell, E N Rogers	85
398	New Bedford, Keith	85
390	Chicopee, Bellamy	86
390	Frederick Douglass Charter, Hyde Park	86
390	Lawrence, Edward F. Parthum	86
390	Lowell, Dr An Wang	86
390	Lowell, McDonough City Magnet	86
390	Lynn, Thurgood Marshall	86
390	Pittsfield, John T Reid	86
390	Randolph, Randolph Middle	86
377	Cambridge, King	87
377	Chicopee, Fairview	87
377	Fall River, Matthew J Kuss	87
377	Fitchburg, B F Brown Arts Vision	87
377	Haverhill, Consentino	87
377	Lawrence Family Development Charter	87
377	Lawrence, Alexander B Bruce	87
377	New Bedford, Roosevelt	87
377	North Adams, Silvio O Conte	87
377	Revere, Garfield Magnet	87
377	Springfield, Elias Brookings	87
377	Tisbury, Tisbury	87
377	Worcester, Accelerated Learning Lab	87
366	Beverly, Briscoe	88
366	Boston, Lyndon	88
366	Boston, Thomas A Edison	88
366	Cambridge, King Open	88
366	Fall River, Morton	88
366	Lawrence, Henry K Oliver	88
366	Lowell, B F Butler	88
366	Lowell, James Sullivan	88
366	Methuen, Marsh	88
366	Springfield, Forest Park	88
366	Taunton, James L Mulcahey	88
359	Gill-Montague Regional, Great Falls	89
359	Pittsfield, Theodore Herberg	89
359	Ralph Mahar Regional, Orange, Ralph C Mahar	89
359	Somerville, John F Kennedy	89
359	Taunton, John F Parker	89
359	Westfield, South	89
359	Winchendon, Murdock Middle/High	89
350	Boston, James P Timilty	90
350	Brockton, North	90
350	Brockton, South	90
350	Chelsea, Clark Avenue	90
350	Easthampton, White Brook	90
350	Everett, Parlin	90
350	Granby, Granby Jr	90
350	Lowell Community Charter	90
350	Northampton, John F Kennedy	90
335	Attleboro, Wamsutta	91
335	Avon, Avon	91
335	Boston Renaissance Charter	91
335	Fairhaven, Hastings	91
335	Fitchburg, Academy	91
335	Gardner, Gardner Middle	91
335	Leominster, Southeast	91
335	Lynn, Breed	91
335	Malden, Ferryway	91
335	Medford, John J. McGlynn Middle	91
335	New Bedford, Normandin	91
335	New Leadership Academy Charter, Springfield	91
335	Southbridge, Mary E Wells	91
335	Taunton, Joseph H Martin	91
335	Webster, Bartlett Jr	91
323	Boston, Quincy Upper	92
323	Brockton, West	92
323	Cambridge, Morse	92
323	Everett, George Keverian School	92
323	Haverhill, John G Whittier	92
323	Malden, Salemwood	92
323	Middleborough, John T. Nichols	92
323	Quincy, Broad Meadows	92
323	Quincy, Reay E Sterling	92
323	River Valley Charter, Newburyport	92
323	South Shore Charter, Hull	92
323	West Springfield, West Springfield Middle	92
306	Barnstable, Barnstable Middle	93
306	Cambridge, Fletcher/Maynard Academy	93
306	Cambridge, John M Tobin	93
306	Carver, Carver Middle	93
306	Chatham, Chatham Middle	93
306	Everett, Lafayette	93
306	Excel Academy Charter, East Boston	93
306	Falmouth, Lawrence	93
306	Framingham, Fuller	93
306	Framingham, Walsh	93
306	Greenfield, Greenfield Middle	93
306	Leominster, Samoset	93
306	Methuen, Comprehensive Grammar	93
306	Nantucket, Cyrus Peirce	93
306	North Central Charter, Fitchburg	93
306	Oxford, Oxford Middle	93
306	Quincy, Point Webster	93
281	Adams-Cheshire Regional, Adams	94
281	Athol-Royalston Regional, Athol-Royalston Middle	94
281	Attleboro, Robert J Coelho	94
281	Boston, Harbor	94
281	Bourne, Bourne Middle	94
281	Cambridge, Maria L Baldwin	94
281	Gloucester, Ralph B O'Maley	94
281	Leominster, Sky View Middle School	94
281	Malden, Beebe	94
281	Maria Weston Chapman Middle, Weymouth	94
281	Medford, Madeleine Dugger	94
281	Methuen, Tenney	94
281	Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls, Mohawk Trail	94
281	Monson, Granite Valley	94
281	Nashoba Regional, Bolton, Luther Burbank Middle	94
281	New Bedford Global Charter	94
281	Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter, Hadley	94
281	Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield	94
281	South Hadley, Michael E Smith Middle	94
281	Springfield, Alfred G Zanetti	94
281	Tewksbury, John W Wynn Middle	94
281	Ware, Ware Middle	94
281	Westfield, North	94
281	Westport, Westport Middle	94
281	Winthrop, Winthrop Middle	94
250	Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester	95
250	Attleboro, Cyril K Brennan	95
250	Auburn, Auburn	95
250	Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge	95
250	Berkley, Berkley Middle	95
250	Boston, Rafael Hernandez	95
250	Boston, Wm B Rogers	95
250	Braintree, East	95
250	Dracut, Lakeview Junior	95
250	Everett, Madeline English School	95
250	Everett, Sumner G Whittier	95
250	Foxborough Regional Charter	95
250	Hampshire Regional, Westhampton, Hampshire	95
250	Haverhill, Caleb Dustin Hunking	95
250	Lincoln, Hanscom	95
250	Lowell, James S Daley	95
250	Lynn, Pickering	95
250	Marlborough, Marlborough Middle	95
250	Methuen, Donald P Timony	95
250	Natick, Wilson	95
250	Norton, Norton Middle	95
250	Quaboag Regional, Warre, Quaboag	95
250	Salem Academy Charter	95
250	Salem, Collins	95
250	Shirley, Shirley Middle	95
250	Somerville, E Somerville	95
250	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, Knox Trail	95
250	Stoneham, Stoneham Middle	95
250	Taunton, Benjamin Friedman	95
250	Walpole, Bird	95
250	Wareham, Wareham Middle	95
216	Abington, Frolio	96
216	Acushnet, Albert F Ford	96
216	Blackstone-Millville Regional, Frederick W Hartnett Middle	96
216	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Raynham Middle	96
216	Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter, Framingham	96
216	Clarksburg, Clarksburg	96
216	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Mattacheese	96
216	Dudley-Charlton Regional, Charlton	96
216	Framingham, Cameron	96
216	Gateway Regional, Huntington, Gateway Middle	96
216	Grafton, Grafton Middle	96
216	Leicester, Leicester Middle	96
216	Lenox, Lenox Memorial	96
216	Lowell, Pyne Arts	96
216	Lynn, Cobbet	96
216	Malden, Forestdale	96
216	Malden, Linden	96
216	Mashpee, Mashpee	96
216	Maynard, Fowler	96
216	Oak Middle School, Shrewsbury	96
216	Pembroke Community Middle	96
216	Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield, Pioneer Valley Reg	96
216	Quabbin Regional, Barre, Quabbin	96
216	Quincy, Atlantic	96
216	Revere, Beachmont	96
216	Rising Tide Charter, Plymouth	96
216	Rockland, John W Rogers	96
216	Salem, Nathaniel Bowditch	96
216	Scituate, Gates	96
216	Somerville, Arthur D Healey	96
216	Stoughton, O'Donnell	96
216	Tantasqua Regional, Fiskdale, Tantasqua Junior	96
216	Triton Regional, Byfield, Triton Middle	96
216	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Central Tree	96
169	Agawam, Agawam Junior	97
169	Amesbury, Amesbury Middle	97
169	Amherst-Pelham Regional, Amherst Middle	97
169	Atlantis Charter, Fall River	97
169	Belchertown, Chestnut Hill	97
169	Bellingham, Bellingham Middle	97
169	Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin	97
169	Boston, Donald Mckay	97
169	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Williams	97
169	Brookline, Edith C Baker	97
169	Brookline, Pierce	97
169	Cambridge, Cambridgeport	97
169	Cambridge, Graham and Parks	97
169	Chelmsford, McCarthy	97
169	Clinton, Clinton Middle	97
169	Danvers, Dunn	97
169	Dartmouth, Dartmouth Middle	97
169	Douglas. Intermediate School	97
169	East Longmeadow, Birchland Park	97
169	Foxborough, John J Ahern	97
169	Freetown-Lakeville Regional, Freetown-Lakeville Middle	97
169	Hudson, John F Kennedy	97
169	Hull, Memorial	97
169	Ipswich, Ipswich Middle	97
169	King Philip Regional, Wrentham, King Philip Middle	97
169	Ludlow, Paul R Baird	97
169	Lynn, Robert L Ford	97
169	Mansfield, Harold L Qualters	97
169	Melrose, Melrose Middle	97
169	Milford, Stacy	97
169	Milton, Charles S Pierce	97
169	Nauset Regional, Orleans, Nauset Middle	97
169	Needham, Pollard	97
169	Newton, Charles E Brown	97
169	Northborough, Robert E Melican Middle	97
169	Peabody, J Henry Higgins	97
169	Plymouth, Plymouth South Middle	97
169	Rockport, Rockport Middle	97
169	Sandwich, Forestdale	97
169	Saugus, Belmonte Saugus	97
169	Silver Lake Regional, Kingston, Silver Lake Junior	97
169	Southwick-Tolland Regional, Powder Mill	97
169	Uxbridge, Whitin Intermediate	97
169	Waltham, John F Kennedy	97
169	Watertown, Watertown Middle	97
169	Westborough, Sarah W Gibbons	97
169	Woburn, John F Kennedy	97
116	Andover, Wood Hill	98
116	Arlington, Ottoson	98
116	Ashland, Ashland Middle	98
116	Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge, Searles	98
116	Beverly, Memorial	98
116	Billerica, Locke	98
116	Billerica, Marshall	98
116	Braintree, South	98
116	Brookline, John D Runkle	98
116	Burlington, Marshall Simonds	98
116	Canton, Wm H Galvin	98
116	Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter, Orleans	98
116	Carlisle, Carlisle	98
116	Dedham, Dedham Middle	98
116	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Middle	98
116	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dorothy L Beckwith	98
116	Dover-Sherborn Regional, Dover-Sherborn Junior	98
116	East Bridgewater, Gordon W Mitchell	98
116	Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Miles River	98
116	Hanover, Hanover Middle	98
116	Hatfield, Smith Academy	98
116	Hopedale, Hopedale Jr	98
116	Hopkinton, Hopkinton Middle	98
116	Lee, Lee Middle/High	98
116	Lexington, Jonas Clarke	98
116	Marblehead Veterans Middle	98
116	Mendon-Upton Regional, Miscoe Hill	98
116	Millis, Millis Middle	98
116	Mount Greylock Regional, Williamstown, Mt Greylock	98
116	Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville, Narragansett Middle	98
116	Newburyport, Rupert A Nock	98
116	North Andover, North Andover Middle	98
116	North Attleborough, North Attleborough Middle	98
116	North Middlesex Regional, Townsend, Nissitissit	98
116	Northbridge, Northbridge Middle	98
116	Norwood, Coakley Middle	98
116	Old Rochester Regional, Mattapoisett, Old Rochester Junior	98
116	Pentucket Regional, West Newbury, Pentucket Middle	98
116	Plymouth, Plymouth Community Intermediate	98
116	Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville	98
116	Quincy, Central	98
116	Sandwich, Henry T Wing	98
116	Sandwich, Oak Ridge	98
116	Seekonk, Dr. Kevin M Hurley Middle	98
116	Seven Hills Charter, Worcester	98
116	Somerset, Somerset Middle	98
116	Somerville, West Somerville Nbrhd	98
116	Sudbury, Ephraim Curtis	98
116	Swampscott, Swampscott Middle	98
116	Waltham, John W McDevitt Middle	98
116	Wayland, Wayland Middle	98
116	West Boylston, West Boylston	98
116	Weymouth, Abigail Adams	98
62	Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter, Hyde Park	99
62	Acton-Boxborough Regional, Raymond J Grey	99
62	Ayer, Ayer Middle	99
62	Belmont, Winthrop L Chenery	99
62	Brookline, Edward Devotion	99
62	Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton, Nessacus	99
62	Chelmsford, Col. Moses Parker	99
62	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, N H Wixon	99
62	Dudley-Charlton Regional, Dudley Middle	99
62	Duxbury, Duxbury Middle	99
62	Easton, Easton	99
62	Franklin, Remington	99
62	Frontier Regional, Deerfield, Frontier	99
62	Groton-Dunstable Regional, Groton Dunstable Middle	99
62	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Thornton Burgess	99
62	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Wilbraham	99
62	Hingham, Hingham Middle	99
62	Holliston, Robert H Adams Middle	99
62	Littleton, Littleton Middle	99
62	Longmeadow, Williams	99
62	Lunenburg, Turkey Hill	99
62	Lynnfield, Lynnfield Middle	99
62	Manchester Essex Regional, Manchester Essex	99
62	Marshfield, Furnace Brook	99
62	Medfield, Thomas Blake	99
62	Medway, Medway Middle	99
62	Millbury, Millbury	99
62	Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden	99
62	Natick, J F Kennedy	99
62	Newton, Bigelow	99
62	Newton, F A Day	99
62	Newton, Oak Hill	99
62	North Middlesex Regional, Townsend, Hawthorne Brook	99
62	Reading, Arthur W Coolidge	99
62	Reading, Walter S Parker	99
62	Sharon, Sharon Middle	99
62	Smith Leadership Academy Charter, Boston	99
62	Southborough, P Brent Trottier	99
62	Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield, Mt Everett	99
62	Sutton, Sutton Middle	99
62	Swansea, Joseph Case Junior	99
62	Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough Middle	99
62	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Paxton Center	99
62	Wakefield, Galvin	99
62	Walpole, Eleanor N Johnson	99
62	Wellesley, Wellesley Middle	99
62	West Bridgewater, West Bridgewater	99
62	Westford, Blanchard	99
62	Weston, Weston Middle	99
62	Westwood, E W Thurston	99
62	Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman, Hanson	99
62	Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman, Whitman	99
62	Wilmington, Wilmington Middle	99
62	Winchester, McCall	99
1	Andover, Andover West	100
1	Andover, Doherty	100
1	Annie Sullivan Middle, Franklin	100
1	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Overlook	100
1	Bedford, John Glenn	100
1	Berlin-Boylston Regional, Tahanto Regional	100
1	Boston Collegiate Charter	100
1	Boston, Boston Latin	100
1	Boston, Boston Latin Academy	100
1	Boston, Mary Lyon	100
1	Boston, Maurice J Tobin	100
1	Boston, O'Bryant	100
1	Boston, Richard J Murphy	100
1	Boston, Sarah Greenwood	100
1	Boston, Young Achievers	100
1	Brookline, Heath	100
1	Brookline, Lawrence	100
1	Brookline, Michael Driscoll	100
1	Brookline, William H Lincoln	100
1	Cambridge, Amigos School	100
1	Cambridge, Peabody	100
1	Cohasset, Cohasset	100
1	Community Day Charter, Lawrence	100
1	Concord, Concord	100
1	Edgartown, Edgartown	100
1	Edward Brooke Charter, Brighton	100
1	Four Rivers Charter School, Greenfield	100
1	Franklin, Horace Mann	100
1	Georgetown, Georgetown	100
1	Granville, Granville Village	100
1	Hadley, Hopkins Academy	100
1	Harvard, Bromfield	100
1	Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville	100
1	Lexington, Wm Diamond	100
1	Lincoln, Lincoln	100
1	Longmeadow, Glenbrook	100
1	Marblehead Community Charter	100
1	Martha's Vineyard Public Charter, West Tisbury	100
1	Masconomet Regional, Topsfield, Masconomet Middle	100
1	Murdoch Middle Public Charter, Chelmsford	100
1	Nashoba Regional, Bolton, Florence Sawyer	100
1	Nashoba Regional, Bolton, Hale	100
1	Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester	100
1	North Brookfield, North Brookfield High	100
1	North Reading, North Reading Middle	100
1	Norwell, Norwell Middle	100
1	Oak Bluffs, Oak Bluffs	100
1	Provincetown, Provincetown	100
1	Richmond, Richmond Consolidated	100
1	Roxbury Preparatory Charter	100
1	Sabis International Charter, Springfield	100
1	Somerville, Cummings	100
1	Somerville, Winter Hill Community	100
1	Uphams Corner Charter, South Boston	100
1	Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven, West Tisbury	100
1	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Chocksett	100
1	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Mountview	100
1	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Thomas Prince	100
1	Westford, Stony Brook School	100
1	Woburn, Daniel L Joyce	100
1	Worcester, University Park Campus	100