Lowest-scoring schools on the 6th-grade MCAS

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students failing the 6th 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.

6th GRADE ENGLISH 2006 Rank District, school name Number tested % Failing 1 Holyoke, Holyoke Intensive Prog 10 70% 2 Worcester, Mill Swan 27 56% 3 Boston, Orchard Gardens 62 55% 4 Boston, William McKinley 25 44% 5 Lawrence, Gerard A. Guilmette 120 39% 6 Holyoke, Kelly Elementary 45 38% 7 Holyoke Community Charter School 59 37% 8 Springfield, John J. Duggan Middle School 226 35% 9 Worcester, Chandler Magnet School 66 35% 10 Boston, Mildred Avenue Middle School 179 34% 11 Boston, Patrick F. Gavin Middle School 158 32% 12 Chelsea, Clark Avenue School 143 32% 13 Worcester, Francis J. McGrath Elementary 28 32% 14 Worcester, Lincoln Street 25 32% 15 Lowell, Henry J. Robinson Middle School 116 32% 16 Boston, New Boston Pilot Middle School 211 31% 17 Lawrence, Emily G. Wetherbee 68 31% 18 Somerville, Lincoln Park Community School (Thurston St.) 46 30% 19 Boston, Lewis Middle School 88 30% 19 Holyoke, John J. Lynch Middle School 88 30% 21 Worcester, Belmont Street Community School 34 29% 22 Worcester, Columbus Park 31 29% 23 Holyoke, Dr. William R. Peck Middle School 101 29% 24 Lawrence, James F. Leonard 111 28% 25 Boston, Clarence R. Edwards Middle School 104 28% 26 Boston, Mary E. Curley Middle School 194 27% 27 Worcester, Harlow Street 22 27% 27 Springfield, Alfred G. Zanetti 33 27% 29 Springfield, Chestnut Street Middle School 359 27% 30 Worcester, Wawecus Road School 34 26% 31 Lowell, B.F.Butler Middle School 113 26% 32 Lowell, E. N. Rogers 134 25% 33 Worcester, Goddard School of Science and Technology 75 25% 34 Fall River, Matthew J. Kuss Middle School 119 25% 35 Boston, Washington Irving Middle School 230 25% 36 New Bedford, John Avery Parker 77 25% 37 Worcester, Quinsigamond 86 24% 38 Lawrence, Arlington Middle School 108 24% 39 Worcester, Union Hill School 25 24% 40 Boston, Dearborn 92 24% 41 Boston, Solomon Lewenberg Middle School 119 24% 42 Boston, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School 98 23% 43 Worcester, Canterbury 39 23% 44 Springfield, Van Sickle Middle School 338 23% 45 Cambridge, Martin Luther King Jr. School 22 23% 46 Boston, Woodrow Wilson Middle School 84 23% 47 Boston, Grover Cleveland 89 22% 48 Springfield, M. Marcus Kiley Middle School 249 22% 49 Worcester, Chandler Elementary Community School 23 22% 50 Salem, Federal Street 52 21% 51 Boston, Umana/Barnes Middle School 212 21% 52 Worcester, Elm Park Community School 49 20% 53 Holyoke, E. N. White Elementary 40 20% 53 Springfield, John F. Kennedy Middle School 200 20% 55 North Adams, Silvio O. Conte Middle School 107 20% 56 Worcester, Vernon Hill School 52 19% 57 Lynn, Thurgood Marshall Middle School 203 19% 58 Lowell, Dr. An Wang School 151 19% 59 Lawrence, South Lawrence East Middle School 126 19% 60 Worcester, Grafton Street 37 19% 61 Framingham, Fuller Middle School 168 18% 62 Lowell Community Charter School 44 18% 62 Springfield, Elias Brookings 55 18% 64 Fitchburg, Academy Middle School 94 18% 65 Fall River, Edmond P. Talbot Middle School 206 18% 66 Worcester, Accelerated Learning Lab 56 18% 67 Abby Kelley Foster Charter School 113 18% 68 Lawrence, Alexander B. Bruce 68 18% 69 New Bedford, Roosevelt Middle School 239 18% 70 Lowell, Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School 74 18% 71 Boston, Harbor School 103 17% 72 New Leadership Charter School 69 17% 73 Brockton, Oscar F. Raymond 75 17% 74 Chelsea, Eugene Wright Elementary 87 17% 75 Boston, John W. McCormack 252 17% 76 Springfield, Forest Park Middle School 254 17% 77 Cambridge, Morse School 30 17% 77 Erving, Erving Elementary 18 17% 79 Lawrence, Edward F. Parthum 109 17% 80 Malden, Forestdale 55 16% 81 Brockton, Belmont Street Elementary 68 16% 82 Worcester, West Tatnuck 31 16% 83 Revere, Garfield Middle School 96 16% 84 Worcester, Roosevelt 77 16% 85 Fall River, Henry Lord Middle School 227 15% 86 Mohawk Trail Regional, Heath Elementary 13 15% 87 Boston, James P. Timilty Middle School 235 15% 88 Lynn, Cobbet Elementary 94 15% 88 Somerville, Winter Hill Community 47 15% 90 Randolph, John F. Kennedy Elementary 101 15% 91 Webster, Webster Middle School 129 15% 92 Everett, Lafayette School 97 14% 93 Greenfield, Greenfield Middle School 153 14% 94 Chelsea, Joseph A. Browne Elementary 98 14% 94 Holyoke, Maurice A. Donahue Elementary 49 14% 94 Holyoke, Lt. Clayre Sullivan Elementary 77 14% 94 Worcester, City View School 56 14% 94 Somerville, John F. Kennedy 49 14% 99 New Bedford, Normandin Middle School 396 14% 100 Lawrence, Henry K. Oliver 71 14% 101 Lynn, Robert L. Ford 137 14% 102 Lawrence Family Dev Charter School 58 14% 103 Boston, Thomas A. Edison Jr. High School 213 14% 104 Leominster, Southeast Middle School 133 14% 105 Boston, Lyndon 74 14% 106 Fitchburg, Memorial Intermediate 163 13% 107 Lowell, James S. Daley Middle School 178 13% 108 Worcester, Gates Lane 67 13% 109 Boston, Mission Hill School 15 13% 110 Uphams Corner Charter School 53 13% 111 Worcester, Norrback Avenue 76 13% 112 Lawrence, Robert Frost 99 13% 113 Hawlemont Regional, Hawlemont Regional 23 13% 114 Haverhill, Caleb Dustin Hunking 154 13% 115 Brockton, Dr. W. Arnone Community School 70 13% 116 Brockton, Downey 86 13% 117 Boston, Sarah Greenwood 24 13% 117 Brockton, Louis F. Angelo Elementary 96 13% 119 Pittsfield, John T. Reid Middle School 210 12% 120 Cambridge, King Open School 49 12% 120 Brockton, Joseph F. Plouffe Elementary 98 12% 122 Mohawk Trail Regional, Buckland-Shelburne Regional Elementary 33 12% 123 Boston Renaissance Charter School 110 12% 124 Somerville, Arthur D. Healey 51 12% 124 Westhampton, Westhampton Elementary School 17 12% 126 Holland, Holland Elementary 43 12% 127 Salem, Collins Middle School 199 12% 128 Quincy, Reay E. Sterling Middle School 87 11% 129 Everett, Parlin School 70 11% 130 Lowell, Joseph G. Pyne 54 11% 130 Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter School 54 11% 132 Adams-Cheshire Regional, Adams Middle School 91 11% 133 Nantucket, Cyrus Peirce School 92 11% 134 Athol-Royalston Regional, Athol-Royalston Middle School 139 11% 135 Gateway Regional, Gateway Regional Middle School 102 11% 136 Granville, Granville Village 28 11% 137 Chicopee, Fairview Middle School 246 11% 138 Lawrence, John R. Rollins 19 11% 138 Easthampton, White Brook Middle School 133 11% 140 Lowell, James Sullivan Middle School 143 10% 141 Ware, Ware Middle School 96 10% 142 Brockton, John F. Kennedy 87 10% 142 New Bedford, Thomas R. Rodman 29 10% 144 Southbridge, Mary E. Wells Jr. High School 175 10% 145 Neighborhood House Charter School 39 10% 145 Amherst, Crocker Farm Elementary 39 10% 147 Malden, Salemwood 119 10% 148 Palmer, Converse Middle School 191 10% 149 Methuen, Tenney Grammar School 151 10% 150 Winchendon, Toy Town Elementary 111 10% 151 Brockton, Edgar B. Davis 91 10% 152 Boston, Quincy Upper School 142 10% 153 Cambridge, Kennedy-Longfellow School 61 10% 153 Avon, Ralph D. Butler 61 10% 155 Milford, Stacy Middle School 295 10% 156 Malden, Ferryway 102 10% 157 Lowell, Bartlett Community Partnership 41 10% 158 Brockton, Whitman 31 10% 159 Cambridge, Fletcher/Maynard Academy 21 10% 160 Medford, Madeleine Dugger Andrews 179 9% 161 Chicopee, Bellamy Middle School 307 9% 162 Adams-Cheshire Regional, Cheshire Elementary 32 9% 163 Fall River, Morton Middle School 227 9% 164 Pittsfield, Theodore Herberg Middle School 250 9% 165 Malden, Linden 77 9% 165 Seven Hills Charter School 77 9% 165 Framingham, Walsh Middle School 231 9% 168 New Bedford Global Learning Charter School 67 9% 169 Fitchburg, B. F. Brown Arts Vision School 168 9% 170 Randolph, Martin E. Young Elementary 68 9% 171 Westfield, South Middle School 227 9% 172 Blackstone-Millville Regional, Blackstone-Millville Regional Middle School 182 9% 173 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Burnell Elementary School 57 9% 174 Gill-Montague Regional, Sheffield Elementary 69 9% 174 Waltham, John F. Kennedy Middle School 138 9% 174 Salem Academy Charter School 46 9% 177 Winthrop, Winthrop Middle School 150 9% 178 Leominster, Sky View Middle School 185 9% 179 West Springfield, West Springfield Middle School 279 9% 180 Saugus, Belmonte Saugus Middle School 271 8% 181 Smith Leadership Academy 71 8% 182 Triton Regional, Salisbury Elementary 95 8% 183 Wareham, Wareham Middle School 311 8% 184 Haverhill, Dr. Paul Nettle 109 8% 185 Wachusett Regional, Thomas Prince School 62 8% 186 Worcester, Multiple Intelligences School 25 8% 186 Revere, Beachmont Middle School 50 8% 188 New Bedford, Elizabeth Carter Brooks 38 8% 188 Lynn, Breed Middle School 304 8% 190 Taunton, James L. Mulcahey 140 8% 191 Fairhaven, Hastings Middle School 154 8% 192 Haverhill, Consentino 180 8% 193 Methuen, Comprehensive Grammar School 116 8% 194 Northampton, John F. Kennedy Middle School 194 8% 195 Amherst, Wildwood Elementary 65 8% 195 Brookfield, Brookfield Elementary 52 8% 197 Marlborough, Marlborough Middle School 327 8% 198 Worcester, Rice Square 40 8% 198 Foxboro Regional Charter School 80 8% 200 Weymouth, Abigail Adams Middle School 174 7% 201 Prospect Hill Academy Charter School 67 7% 202 Berkley, Berkley Middle School 94 7% 203 Taunton, Benjamin Friedman Middle School 242 7% 204 Quincy, Broad Meadows Middle School 95 7% 205 Brockton, Ashfield 68 7% 205 Kipp Academy Lynn Charter School 68 7% 207 Somerville, West Somerville Neighborhood School 41 7% 208 Westfield, North Middle School 233 7% 209 Cambridge, Haggerty School 14 7% 210 Stoneham, Stoneham Middle School 201 7% 211 Medford, John J. McGlynn Middle School 173 7% 212 Plymouth, Plymouth South Middle School 189 7% 213 Methuen, Donald P. Timony Grammar 146 7% 214 Quincy, Atlantic Middle School 177 7% 215 Quincy, Point Webster Middle School 77 6% 216 Central Berkshire Regional, Nessacus Regional Middle School 170 6% 217 Worcester, May Street 31 6% 217 Attleboro, Wamsutta Middle School 155 6% 217 Farmington River Regional, Farmington River Elementary 31 6% 220 Boston, Warren-Prescott 47 6% 221 Framingham, Cameron Middle School 157 6% 222 Taunton, John F. Parker Middle School 110 6% 222 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, N. H. Wixon Middle School 110 6% 224 Pembroke, Bryantville Elementary 79 6% 225 Kingston, Kingston Intermediate 174 6% 226 Cambridge, Graham and Parks School 32 6% 226 Worcester, Lake View 32 6% 228 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Middle School 113 6% 229 Gardner, Gardner Middle School 228 6% 230 Rockland, John W. Rogers Middle School 201 6% 231 Orange, Butterfield 118 6% 232 Dedham, Dedham Middle School 237 6% 233 Gill-Montague Regional, Gill Elementary 17 6% 234 Peabody, J. Henry Higgins Middle School 465 6% 235 Narragansett Regional, Narragansett Middle School 139 6% 236 Worcester, Midland Street 35 6% 236 Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield Elementary 35 6% 238 Randolph, Elizabeth G. Lyons Elementary 53 6% 239 Bellingham, Bellingham Memorial Middle School 213 6% 240 Amesbury, Amesbury Middle School 178 6% 241 Ludlow, Paul R. Baird Middle School 232 6% 242 Gloucester, Ralph B. O'Maley Middle School 250 6% 243 Swansea, Joseph Case Jr. High School 179 6% 244 Cambridge, Amigos School 18 6% 245 Boston, Donald Mckay 55 5% 246 Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter School 92 5% 247 Somerville, East Somerville Community School 74 5% 248 Hopedale, Memorial 94 5% 249 Conway, Conway Grammar 19 5% 250 Natick, John F. Kennedy Middle School 116 5% 251 Norton, Norton Middle School 291 5% 252 Revere, Abraham Lincoln 176 5% 253 Wachusett Regional, Chocksett Middle School 98 5% 254 South Hadley, Michael E. Smith Middle School 178 5% 255 Middleborough, John T. Nichols Middle School 278 5% 256 Tewksbury, John F. Ryan 398 5% 257 Weymouth, Maria Weston Chapman Middle School 300 5% 257 Halifax, Halifax Elementary 100 5% 259 Norwood, Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School 241 5% 260 Deerfield, Deerfield Elementary 61 5% 261 Brimfield, Brimfield Elementary 41 5% 261 Billerica, Marshall Middle School 287 5% 263 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, Wire Village School 124 5% 264 Lunenburg, Turkey Hill Middle School 145 5% 265 New Bedford, Sgt. William H. Carney Academy 83 5% 266 Methuen, Marsh Grammar School 146 5% 267 North Middlesex Regional, Nissitissit Middle School 167 5% 268 Worcester, Burncoat Street 21 5% 268 Worcester, Clark St. Community School 42 5% 268 Chesterfield-Goshen Regional Schools, New Hingham Regional Elementary 21 5% 268 North Brookfield, North Brookfield Elementary 63 5% 272 Northbridge, Northbridge Middle School 191 5% 273 West Bridgewater, Howard School 85 5% 274 Boston, Richard J. Murphy 150 5% 275 Worcester, Worcester Arts Magnet School 43 5% 275 Everett, Sumner G. Whittier School 43 5% 277 Scituate, Wampatuck Elementary 65 5% 278 Milton, Charles S. Pierce Middle School 282 5% 279 Tisbury, Tisbury Elementary 44 5% 279 Boston Collegiate Charter School 66 5% 279 Belchertown, Chestnut Hill Community School 198 5% 282 Brockton, Gilmore Academy 155 5% 283 Worcester, Jacob Hiatt Magnet School 67 4% 284 Nauset Regional, Nauset Regional Middle School 179 4% 285 Uxbridge, Whitin Intermediate 157 4% 286 Lenox, Lenox Memorial High School 68 4% 287 Westport, Westport Middle School 160 4% 288 Granby, East Meadow 92 4% 288 Rockport, Rockport Middle School 69 4% 290 Randolph, Margaret L. Donovan 70 4% 291 Sutton, Sutton Middle School 117 4% 292 Taunton, Joseph H. Martin 164 4% 293 Clinton, Clinton Middle School 141 4% 294 Plymouth, Plymouth Community Intermediate School 382 4% 295 Atlantis Charter School 72 4% 295 Shutesbury, Shutesbury Elementary 24 4% 297 Watertown, Watertown Middle School 170 4% 298 Monson, Granite Valley Middle School 123 4% 299 Quaboag Regional, Warren Elementary 74 4% 299 Pembroke, North Pembroke Elementary 74 4% 301 Holliston, Robert H. Adams Middle School 249 4% 302 Benjamin Banneker Charter School 25 4% 302 Clarksburg, Clarksburg Elementary 25 4% 302 Worcester, Nelson Place 50 4% 302 West Boylston, West Boylston Jr.-Sr. High School 100 4% 306 Braintree, East Middle School 226 4% 307 Agawam, Agawam Middle School 327 4% 308 Carver, Carver Middle School 151 4% 309 Roxbury Preparatory Charter School 76 4% 310 Littleton, Littleton Middle School 128 4% 311 North Middlesex Regional, Hawthorne Brook 205 4% 312 Worcester, Flagg Street 52 4% 313 Billerica, Locke Middle School 236 4% 314 Millbury, Raymond E. Shaw Elementary 132 4% 315 Revere, Paul Revere 53 4% 315 Abington, North 53 4% 315 Brookline, Pierce 53 4% 318 Danvers, Holten Richmond Middle School 267 4% 319 Freetown-Lakeville Regional, Freetown-Lakeville Middle School 241 4% 320 Beverly, Briscoe Middle School 323 4% 321 Cambridge, John M. Tobin School 27 4% 321 Malden, Beebe 108 4% 321 New Bedford, Betsey B. Winslow 27 4% 321 Brookline, Edith C. Baker 54 4% 321 Chatham, Chatham Middle School 54 4% 326 Hull, Memorial Middle School 82 4% 327 Attleboro, Robert J. Coelho Middle School 138 4% 328 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Hanson Middle School 166 4% 329 North Attleborough, North Attleborough Middle School 360 4% 330 Sabis International Charter School 140 4% 330 Pioneer Valley Regional, Bernardston Elementary 28 4% 330 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, East Brookfield Elementary 28 4% 330 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Mattacheese Middle School 196 4% 334 Mystic Valley Regional Charter School 113 4% 335 Harwich, Harwich Middle School 85 4% 336 Douglas, Douglas Intermediate School 144 3% 337 Braintree, South Middle School 145 3% 337 Franklin, Remington Middle School 145 3% 339 Brockton, Brookfield 88 3% 339 Berkshire Hills Regional, Monument Valley Regional Middle School 88 3% 339 Boston Preparatory Charter School 88 3% 342 Leominster, Samoset School 147 3% 343 Holbrook, South 118 3% 344 Leicester, Leicester Middle School 148 3% 345 Hadley, Hadley Elementary 60 3% 346 Lee, Lee Elementary 61 3% 347 Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School 463 3% 348 Cambridge, Peabody School 31 3% 349 Foxborough, John J. Ahern 218 3% 350 Natick, Wilson Middle School 190 3% 351 Newton, Bigelow Middle School 159 3% 351 Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough Middle 159 3% 353 Acushnet, Albert F. Ford Middle School 128 3% 354 Dracut, George H. Englesby Intermediate School 325 3% 355 New Bedford, Hayden/McFadden 33 3% 355 Worcester, New Ludlow 33 3% 355 Mashpee, Quashnet School 132 3% 355 West Tisbury Regional, West Tisbury Elementary 33 3% 355 Boston, William B. Rogers Middle School 165 3% 360