Lowest-scoring schools on the 10th-grade MCAS

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students failing the 10th grade MCAS exams, taken in the spring of 2006. 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.

10th GRADE ENGLISH 2006 Rank District, school name Number tested % Failing 1 New Bedford, West Side Jr.-Sr. High School 13 77% 2 Brockton, B.B. Russell Alternative School 13 69% 3 Boston, William McKinley 35 51% 4 Boston, Boston International 20 50% 5 Holyoke, William J. Dean Voc Tech High School 157 38% 6 Revere, Seacoast School 28 32% 6 Lawrence, Lawrence High School 471 32% 8 Boston, Community Academy of Science and Health 70 31% 9 Chicopee, Chicopee Academy 10 30% 9 Boston Day and Evening Academy 81 30% 11 Boston, Madison Park High School 363 29% 12 Boston, Monument High School 87 28% 13 Boston, Jeremiah E. Burke High School 125 27% 13 Boston, The English High School 171 27% 15 Champion Charter School 34 26% 16 Springfield, High School/Science-Tech 339 25% 17 Springfield, Putnam Voc Tech High School 350 23% 18 Boston, The Engineering School 73 22% 19 Lynn, Lynn Voc Tech Institute 263 19% 19 Boston, East Boston High School 217 19% 19 Chelsea, Chelsea High School 352 19% 19 Fall River, Durfee High School 619 19% 19 Springfield, High School Of Commerce 302 19% 24 Boston, Urban Science Academy 44 18% 24 Worcester, Burncoat Senior High School 299 18% 26 Boston, Brighton High School 273 17% 26 Boston, Social Justice Academy 64 17% 26 Westfield, Westfield Voc Tech High School 127 17% 26 Joseph P. Keefe Tech High School 174 17% 30 Worcester, South High Community School 347 16% 31 Boston, Brook Farm Business and Service Career Academy 67 15% 31 Chicopee, Chicopee High School 274 15% 31 Fitchburg, Fitchburg High School 305 15% 31 Greater Lawrence Regional Voc Tech 412 15% 35 Boston, Media Communications Technology High 90 14% 35 New Bedford, New Bedford High School 709 14% 35 Worcester, North High School 267 14% 35 Worcester, Worcester Voc High School 252 14% 39 Lowell, Lowell High School 745 13% 39 Southbridge, Southbridge High School 79 13% 41 Somerville, Somerville High School 319 12% 41 Northeast Metro Regional Voc 320 12% 41 Southeastern Regional Voc Tech 299 12% 44 Boston, Charlestown High School 209 11% 44 Lynn, Lynn English High School 300 11% 44 Malden, Malden High School 369 11% 47 Holyoke, Holyoke High School 260 10% 47 Leominster, Leominster Center for Technical Education 154 10% 47 Pittsfield, Pittsfield High School 230 10% 47 Springfield, Springfield Central High School 406 10% 47 West Springfield, West Springfield High School 269 10% 47 Smith Voc. and Agricultural High School 105 10% 47 Greater Lowell Regional Voc Tech 503 10% 54 New Leadership Charter School 33 9% 54 Worcester, Accelerated Learning Lab 46 9% 54 Boston, Excel High School 78 9% 54 Lynn, Classical High School 357 9% 54 Health Careers Academy Charter School 74 9% 59 Palmer, Palmer High School 108 8% 59 Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter School 13 8% 59 Boston, Odyssey High School 65 8% 59 Chicopee, Chicopee Comprehensive High School 333 8% 59 Haverhill, Haverhill High School 463 8% 59 Leominster, Leominster Senior High School 301 8% 59 Randolph, Randolph High School 208 8% 59 Salem, Salem High School 277 8% 59 Uxbridge, Uxbridge High School 127 8% 59 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School 264 8% 69 North Central Charter Essential School 59 7% 69 Webster, Bartlett Jr.-Sr. High School 124 7% 69 Boston, Academy of Public Service 27 7% 69 Boston, Noonan Business Academy 41 7% 69 Boston, Boston Community Leadership 76 7% 69 Brockton, Brockton High School 950 7% 69 Everett, Everett High School 375 7% 69 Gardner, Gardner High School 230 7% 69 Hull, Hull High School 119 7% 69 Pittsfield, Taconic High School 248 7% 69 Quincy, Quincy High School 293 7% 69 Taunton, Taunton High School 443 7% 69 Worcester, Doherty Memorial High School 366 7% 69 Athol-Royalston Regional, Athol High School 150 7% 69 Tantasqua Regional, Tantasqua Regional Voc 67 7% 69 Greater New Bedford Voc Tech 514 7% 85 Ralph Mahar Regional, Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School 124 6% 85 Mohawk Trail Regional, Mohawk Trail Regional High School 119 6% 85 Quaboag Regional, Quaboag Regional High School 102 6% 85 Provincetown, Provincetown High School 18 6% 85 Attleboro, Attleboro High School 435 6% 85 Maynard, Maynard High School 87 6% 85 Revere, Revere High School 329 6% 85 Berkshire Hills Regional, Monument Mountain Regional High School 139 6% 85 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional 327 6% 85 Triton Regional, Triton Regional High School 233 6% 85 Franklin County Tech 144 6% 85 Upper Cape Cod Voc Tech 164 6% 97 Avon, Avon Middle High School 55 5% 97 Holbrook, Holbrook Jr. Sr. High School 77 5% 97 Mount Greylock Regional, Mt. Greylock Regional High School 111 5% 97 Pioneer Valley Charter School 79 5% 97 Douglas, Douglas High School 105 5% 97 Auburn, Auburn High School 154 5% 97 Ayer, Ayer High School 88 5% 97 Boston, Another Course To College 39 5% 97 Boston, New Mission High School 60 5% 97 Boston, Parkway Academy of Technology and Health 66 5% 97 Cambridge, Cambridge Rindge & Latin 367 5% 97 Gloucester, Gloucester High School 264 5% 97 Harwich, Harwich High School 108 5% 97 Leicester, Leicester High School 146 5% 97 Ludlow, Ludlow Senior High School 263 5% 97 Lunenburg, Lunenburg High School 168 5% 97 Methuen, Methuen High School 460 5% 97 Middleborough, Middleborough High School 218 5% 97 Newburyport, Newburyport High School 206 5% 97 North Adams, Drury High School 119 5% 97 Peabody, Peabody Veterans Memorial High School 432 5% 97 Wakefield, Wakefield Memorial High School 254 5% 97 Weymouth, Weymouth High School 502 5% 97 City on a Hill Charter School 79 5% 97 Codman Academy Charter School 20 5% 97 Gill-Montague Regional, Turners Fall High School 96 5% 97 Narragansett Regional, Narragansett Regional High School 128 5% 97 Tantasqua Regional, Tantasqua Regional Sr. High School 232 5% 97 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman Hanson Regional High School 314 5% 97 Cape Cod Region Tech High School 186 5% 97 Charles McCann Voc Tech 128 5% 97 South Shore Voc Tech 149 5% 97 Whittier Regional Voc 249 5% 130 Boston, Quincy Upper School 51 4% 130 New Bedford Global Learning Charter School 24 4% 130 Abby Kelley Foster Charter School 25 4% 130 Southern Berkshire Regional, Mt Everett Regional 52 4% 130 Amesbury, Amesbury High School 192 4% 130 Barnstable, Barnstable High School 454 4% 130 Boston, Fenway High School 75 4% 130 Clinton, Clinton Senior High School 126 4% 130 Dracut, Dracut Senior High School 289 4% 130 Medford, Medford High School 288 4% 130 North Andover, North Andover High School 354 4% 130 Oxford, Oxford High School 127 4% 130 Plymouth, Plymouth South Technical 169 4% 130 Rockland, Rockland Senior High School 186 4% 130 Swansea, Joseph Case High School 142 4% 130 Westfield, Westfield High School 400 4% 130 Winthrop, Winthrop Sr. High School 126 4% 130 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School 270 4% 130 Assabet Valley Regional Voc Tech 236 4% 130 Diman Regional Voc Tech 349 4% 130 Montachusett Voc Tech 345 4% 130 Nashoba Valley Tech High School 161 4% 130 North Shore Regional Voc 112 4% 130 Old Colony Regional Voc Tech 133 4% 130 Bay Path Regional Voc Tech 271 4% 155 Marlborough, Marlborough High School 262 3% 155 Pioneer Valley Regional, Pioneer Valley Regional 80 3% 155 Foxboro Regional Charter School 39 3% 155 South Shore Charter School 33 3% 155 Frontier Regional, Frontier Regional 135 3% 155 Mashpee, Mashpee High School 159 3% 155 Belchertown, Belchertown High School 178 3% 155 Beverly, Beverly High School 314 3% 155 Billerica, Billerica Memorial High School 381 3% 155 Boston, Tech Boston Academy 87 3% 155 Danvers, Danvers High School 256 3% 155 Dartmouth, Dartmouth High School 342 3% 155 Framingham, Framingham High School 434 3% 155 Greenfield, Greenfield High School 106 3% 155 Ipswich, Ipswich High School 156 3% 155 Marshfield, Marshfield High School 312 3% 155 Medford, Medford Voc Tech High School 70 3% 155 Melrose, Melrose High School 213 3% 155 Milford, Milford High School 262 3% 155 Monson, Monson High School 101 3% 155 Nantucket, Nantucket High School 95 3% 155 Newton, Newton North High School 474 3% 155 Northampton, Northampton High School 213 3% 155 Northbridge, Northbridge High School 197 3% 155 Pembroke, Pembroke High School 220 3% 155 Plymouth, Plymouth North High School 231 3% 155 Plymouth, Plymouth South High School 175 3% 155 Saugus, Saugus High School 186 3% 155 South Hadley, South Hadley High School 178 3% 155 Stoughton, Stoughton High School 275 3% 155 Waltham, Waltham Sr. High School 355 3% 155 Wareham, Wareham Senior High School 239 3% 155 Woburn, Woburn High School 354 3% 155 Adams-Cheshire Regional, Hoosac Valley High School 97 3% 155 Amherst-Pelham Regional, Amherst Regional High School 309 3% 155 Quabbin Regional, Quabbin Regional High School 253 3% 155 Silver Lake Regional, Silver Lake Regional High School 292 3% 155 Southwick-Tolland Regional, Southwick-Tolland Regional High School 143 3% 155 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, David Prouty High School 156 3% 155 Wachusett Regional, Wachusett Regional High School 496 3% 155 Pathfinder Voc Tech 166 3% 155 Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech 319 3% 197 Hudson, Hudson High School 200 2% 197 Hampshire Regional, Hampshire Regional High School 125 2% 197 Georgetown, Georgetown Middle/High School 92 2% 197 Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School 59 2% 197 Abington, Abington High School 131 2% 197 Agawam, Agawam High School 287 2% 197 Arlington, Arlington High School 270 2% 197 Belmont, Belmont High School 295 2% 197 Boston, Boston Arts Academy 106 2% 197 Boston, Snowden International High School 87 2% 197 Braintree, Braintree High School 367 2% 197 Brookline, Brookline High School 431 2% 197 East Bridgewater, East Bridgewater High School 177 2% 197 Easthampton, Easthampton High School 121 2% 197 Falmouth, Falmouth High School 309 2% 197 Holliston, Holliston High School 231 2% 197 Millis, Millis High School 60 2% 197 Milton, Milton High School 249 2% 197 Natick, Natick High School 306 2% 197 Norton, Norton High School 189 2% 197 Norwood, Norwood High School 262 2% 197 Quincy, North Quincy High School 348 2% 197 Sutton, Sutton High School 93 2% 197 Swampscott, Swampscott High School 216 2% 197 Tewksbury, Tewksbury Memorial High School 297 2% 197 Walpole, Walpole High School 263 2% 197 Watertown, Watertown High School 181 2% 197 Westport, Westport High School 109 2% 197 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Oakmont Regional High School 176 2% 197 Central Berkshire Regional, Wahconah Regional High School 194 2% 197 Freetown-Lakeville Regional, Apponequet Regional High School 198 2% 197 Gateway Regional, Gateway Regional High School 99 2% 197 Marthas Vineyard Regional, Martha's Vineyard Regional High School 187 2% 197 North Middlesex Regional, North Middlesex Regional High School 293 2% 197 Blackstone Valley 240 2% 197 Minuteman Regional High School 173 2% 197 Tri County Regional Voc Tech 216 2% 197 Norfolk County Agricultural High School 124 2% 235 Sabis International Charter School 93 1% 235 Winchendon, Murdock Middle/High School 80 1% 235 Lee, Lee High School 89 1% 235 Millbury, Millbury Jr./Sr. High School 137 1% 235 West Boylston, West Boylston Jr.-Sr. High School 81 1% 235 Berlin-Boylston Regional, Tahanto Regional High School 70 1% 235 Lenox, Lenox Memorial High School 73 1% 235 Manchester-Essex Regional, Manchester Essex Regional Middle/High School 98 1% 235 Andover, Andover High School 442 1% 235 Ashland, Ashland High School 170 1% 235 Bellingham, Bellingham High School 174 1% 235 Burlington, Burlington High School 255 1% 235 Canton, Canton High School 186 1% 235 Carver, Carver High School 137 1% 235 Chelmsford, Chelmsford High School 427 1% 235 Dedham, Dedham High School 210 1% 235 Fairhaven, Fairhaven High School 160 1% 235 Foxborough, Foxborough High School 210 1% 235 Franklin, Franklin High School 383 1% 235 Grafton, Grafton Memorial Senior 146 1% 235 Hanover, Hanover High School 173 1% 235 Lexington, Lexington High School 514 1% 235 Littleton, Littleton High School 90 1% 235 Lynnfield, Lynnfield High School 163 1% 235 Mansfield, Mansfield High School 343 1% 235 Marblehead, Marblehead High School 235 1% 235 Newton, Newton South High School 412 1% 235 North Attleborough, North Attleboro High School 325 1% 235 Norwell, Norwell High School 142 1% 235 Reading, Reading Memorial High School 320 1% 235 Rockport, Rockport High School 76 1% 235 Scituate, Scituate High School 235 1% 235 Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Sr. High School 392 1% 235 Somerset, Somerset High School 248 1% 235 Stoneham, Stoneham High School 197 1% 235 Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough High School 161 1% 235 Westborough, Westborough High School 268 1% 235 Westford, Westford Academy 377 1% 235 Westwood, Westwood High School 203 1% 235 Acton-Boxborough Regional, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School 457 1% 235 Blackstone-Millville Regional, Blackstone-Millville Regional High School 141 1% 235 Concord-Carlisle Regional, Concord-Carlisle High School 315 1% 235 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Shepherd Hill Regional High School 309 1% 235 Nauset Regional, Nauset Regional High School 239 1% 235 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Groton-Dunstable Regional High School 209 1% 235 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School 178 1% 235 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Minnechaug Regional High School 336 1% 235 King Philip Regional, King Philip Regional High School 306 1% 235 Lincoln-Sudbury Regional, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School 423 1% 235 Masconomet Regional, Masconomet Regional High School 325 1% 235 Nashoba Regional, Nashoba Regional High School 220 1% 235 Old Rochester Regional, Old Rochester Regional High School 206 1% 235 Pentucket Regional, Pentucket Regional Sr. High School 240 1% 235 Blue Hills Regional Voc Tech 219 1% 235 Bristol-Plymouth Voc Tech 273 1% 235 Bristol County Agricultural High School 109 1% 235 Essex Agricultural & Tech Institute 107 1% 292 Worcester, University Park Campus School 35 0% 292 Ware, Ware High School 69 0% 292 Prospect Hill Academy Charter School 64 0% 292 Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School 44 0% 292 Four Rivers Charter School 34 0% 292 Granby, Granby Jr.-Sr. High School 85 0% 292 Boston Collegiate Charter School 23 0% 292 West Bridgewater, W. Bridgewater Jr.-Sr. High School 86 0% 292 Hopedale, Hopedale Jr.-Sr. High School 84 0% 292 Mendon-Upton Regional, Nipmuc Regional High School 184 0% 292 Boston, O'Bryant School Math/Science 221 0% 292 Mystic Valley Regional Charter School 36 0% 292 Cohasset, Cohasset Middle/High School 91 0% 292 North Brookfield, North Brookfield High School 50 0% 292 Hatfield, Smith Academy 37 0% 292 Boston, Boston Latin Academy 262 0% 292 Hadley, Hopkins Academy 38 0% 292 Boston, Boston Latin 389 0% 292 Harvard, Bromfield 98 0% 292 Bedford, Bedford High School 175 0% 292 Bourne, Bourne High School 169 0% 292 Chatham, Chatham High School 50 0% 292 Duxbury, Duxbury High School 231 0% 292 East Longmeadow, East Longmeadow High School 219 0% 292 Easton, Oliver Ames High School 248 0% 292 Hingham, Hingham High School 269 0% 292 Hopkinton, Hopkinton High School 243 0% 292 Longmeadow, Longmeadow High School 271 0% 292 Lynn, Career Development Center 16 0% 292 Medfield, Medfield Senior High School 212 0% 292 Medway, Medway High School 160 0% 292 Needham, Needham High School 366 0% 292 North Reading, North Reading High School 173 0% 292 Sandwich, Sandwich High School 252 0% 292 Seekonk, Seekonk High School 188 0% 292 Sharon, Sharon High School 296 0% 292 Wayland, Wayland High School 228 0% 292 Wellesley, Wellesley Sr. High School 286 0% 292 Weston, Weston High School 185 0% 292 Wilmington, Wilmington High School 246 0% 292 Winchester, Winchester High School 289 0% 292 Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School 22 0% 292 Media and Technology Charter School 66 0% 292 Sturgis Charter School 89 0% 292 Dover-Sherborn Regional, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School 148 0% 292 Northboro-Southboro Regional, Algonquin Regional High School 327 0%

10th GRADE MATH 2006 Rank District, school name Number tested % Failing 1 Brockton, B.B. Russell Alternative School 14 71% 2 Chicopee, Chicopee Academy 10 70% 3 New Bedford, West Side Jr.-Sr. High School 13 69% 4 Champion Charter School 38 61% 5 Boston, Jeremiah E. Burke High School 116 53% 6 Boston, Boston International 27 52% 6 Holyoke, William J. Dean Voc Tech High School 152 52% 6 Boston Day and Evening Academy 71 52% 6 Boston, Monument High School 85 52% 10 Lawrence, Lawrence High School 452 50% 11 Boston, William McKinley 35 49% 12 Boston, Community Academy of Science and Health 70 46% 13 Springfield, Putnam Voc Tech High School 336 43% 14 Revere, Seacoast School 24 42% 15 Boston, Odyssey High School 63 41% 16 Boston, The English High School 166 40% 16 Sp