Canton Public Schools

District MCAS summary | School-by-school MCAS results

These results for Canton Public Schools, released in September and October of 2006, are for the MCAS exams taken in the spring of 2006. Source: Massachusetts Department of Education.

District summary

All Students Spring 2006 Exam		% of students at each performance level				No. of students tested
All Students Spring 2006 Exam		Advanced/ Above Proficient	Proficient	Needs Improv.	Warning/ Failing	No. of students tested

Grade 3
Reading	District	30	45	21	4	253
	State	18	40	33	8	70,524
Mathematics	District	11	60	19	9	253
	State	4	48	32	16	70,918

Grade 4
English	District	28	48	22	3	240
	State	8	42	39	11	70,918
Mathematics	District	30	37	28	5	243
	State	15	25	45	15	71,358

Grade 5
English	District	21	52	24	3	250
	State	15	44	31	9	72,581
Mathematics	District	27	34	28	12	250
	State	17	26	34	23	72,747
Science & Tech	District	15	41	40	5	250
	State	17	33	39	11	72,720

Grade 6
English	District	22	59	17	1	264
	State	10	54	28	8	73,222
Mathematics	District	24	38	27	11	264
	State	17	29	29	25	73,448

Grade 7
English	District	23	60	14	3	237
	State	10	55	26	9	74,046
Mathematics	District	16	34	36	14	239
	State	12	28	31	29	74,597

Grade 8
English	District	22	72	6	0	243
	State	12	62	19	7	76,147
Mathematics	District	20	37	31	12	243
	State	12	28	31	29	76,228
Science & Tech	District	5	42	42	12	241
	State	4	28	43	25	76,198

Grade 10
English	District	20	63	15	2	196
	State	16	54	24	7	72,760
Mathematics	District	58	24	12	5	196
	State	40	27	21	12	72,747

District MCAS summary | School-by-school MCAS results

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
Lt. Peter M. Hansen School
3rd Reading	28	38	31	3	88	390 of 1,018
3rd Math	10	60	20	9	88	191 of 1,018
4th English	24	55	19	1	78	56 of 1,006
4th Math	30	44	25	1	80	36 of 1,006
5th English	24	55	21	0	84	190 of 933
5th Math	27	37	24	12	84	148 of 933
5th Science	14	42	43	1	84	377 of 933

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
John F. Kennedy School
3rd Reading	33	51	16	0	67	72 of 1,018
3rd Math	9	66	21	4	67	129 of 1,018
4th English	42	41	16	1	74	35 of 1,006
4th Math	39	38	20	3	74	22 of 1,006
5th English	22	53	22	3	72	238 of 933
5th Math	28	38	22	13	72	140 of 933
5th Science	14	46	36	4	72	318 of 933

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Dean S. Luce School
3rd Reading	32	47	15	5	91	139 of 1,018
3rd Math	15	58	15	11	91	143 of 1,018
4th English	20	48	30	2	82	224 of 1,006
4th Math	25	33	37	5	83	184 of 1,006
5th English	18	53	24	5	87	306 of 933
5th Math	28	26	36	10	87	264 of 933
5th Science	17	34	41	7	87	442 of 933

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
William H. Galvin Middle School
6th English	23	60	17	1	260	107 of 575
6th Math	25	39	27	9	259	117 of 575
7th English	24	61	14	1	231	77 of 458
7th Math	17	35	36	12	232	123 of 459
8th English	23	72	5	0	237	34 of 457
8th Math	20	37	32	11	237	97 of 458
8th Science	5	43	42	11	235	101 of 458

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Canton High School
10th English	20	65	15	1	186	89 of 337
10th Math	59	25	12	4	186	73 of 337

District MCAS summary | School-by-school MCAS results