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Acton Public Schools

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These results for Acton Public Schools, released in September 2005, are for the MCAS exams taken in the spring of 2005. Source: Massachusetts Department of Education.

Notes: (1) "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 Department of Education does not rank schools using MCAS.

Merriam
Grade/
Subject
Students
tested
% Advanced % Proficient % Needs
improving
% Warning/
Failing
Placement
overall (1)
3rd Reading 94 -- 81 18 1 137 of 1,021
4th English 87 18 66 16 0 29 of 1,003
4th Math 87 37 45 18 0 11 of 1,003
5th Science 64 53 33 14 0 16 of 929
6th Math 75 51 35 13 1 7 of 580

McCarthy-Towne
Grade/
Subject
Students
tested
% Advanced % Proficient % Needs
improving
% Warning/
Failing
Placement
overall (1)
3rd Reading 71 -- 82 17 1 122 of 1,021
4th English 73 41 34 21 4 85 of 1,003
4th Math 74 36 32 28 3 84 of 1,003
5th Science 88 31 50 17 2 54 of 929
6th Math 75 45 36 15 4 24 of 580

Douglas
Grade/
Subject
Students
tested
% Advanced % Proficient % Needs
improving
% Warning/
Failing
Placement
overall (1)
3rd Reading 71 -- 86 14 0 44 of 1,021
4th English 71 13 61 21 6 104 of 1,003
4th Math 71 31 41 23 6 58 of 1,003
5th Science 70 56 33 10 1 9 of 929
6th Math 78 59 32 5 4 5 of 580

Gates
Grade/
Subject
Students
tested
% Advanced % Proficient % Needs
improving
% Warning/
Failing
Placement
overall (1)
3rd Reading 71 -- 89 8 3 22 of 1,021
4th English 71 31 55 13 1 21 of 1,003
4th Math 71 55 21 23 1 36 of 1,003
5th Science 72 33 38 26 3 168 of 929
6th Math 78 53 32 14 1 9 of 580

Luther Conant
Grade/
Subject
Students
tested
% Advanced % Proficient % Needs
improving
% Warning/
Failing
Placement
overall (1)
3rd Reading 71 -- 86 11 3 44 of 1,021
4th English 66 36 48 15 0 29 of 1,003
4th Math 66 39 44 14 3 7 of 1,003
5th Science 71 46 37 15 1 34 of 929
6th Math 76 54 26 17 3 25 of 580



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