Hingham Public Schools

District MCAS summary | School-by-school MCAS results

These results for Hingham 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	37	45	18	1	289
	State	18	40	33	8	70,524
Mathematics	District	5	63	28	4	289
	State	4	48	32	16	70,918

Grade 4
English	District	17	60	22	1	293
	State	8	42	39	11	70,918
Mathematics	District	35	32	32	2	294
	State	15	25	45	15	71,358

Grade 5
English	District	31	53	13	3	306
	State	15	44	31	9	72,581
Mathematics	District	26	39	29	7	306
	State	17	26	34	23	72,747
Science & Tech	District	31	47	19	3	306
	State	17	33	39	11	72,720

Grade 6
English	District	14	65	20	1	291
	State	10	54	28	8	73,222
Mathematics	District	17	37	33	13	290
	State	17	29	29	25	73,448

Grade 7
English	District	10	68	19	3	262
	State	10	55	26	9	74,046
Mathematics	District	18	41	32	9	263
	State	12	28	31	29	74,597

Grade 8
English	District	22	70	6	1	269
	State	12	62	19	7	76,147
Mathematics	District	20	40	30	10	270
	State	12	28	31	29	76,228
Science & Tech	District	4	45	42	9	270
	State	4	28	43	25	76,198

Grade 10
English	District	41	51	8	0	278
	State	16	54	24	7	72,760
Mathematics	District	70	20	9	2	280
	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
William L. Foster Elementary
3rd Reading	34	51	13	1	82	52 of 1,018
3rd Math	9	70	21	1	82	84 of 1,018
4th English	18	55	25	2	88	131 of 1,006
4th Math	38	32	30	1	88	67 of 1,006
5th English	29	51	18	2	104	174 of 933
5th Math	25	39	32	4	104	146 of 933
5th Science	31	47	20	2	104	84 of 933

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Plymouth River
3rd Reading	40	42	18	0	112	88 of 1,018
3rd Math	4	63	28	5	112	243 of 1,018
4th English	17	62	21	0	109	60 of 1,006
4th Math	38	33	28	1	109	56 of 1,006
5th English	34	53	11	3	113	73 of 933
5th Math	27	39	28	5	113	132 of 933
5th Science	26	49	24	2	113	115 of 933

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
South Elementary
3rd Reading	36	41	23	0	91	170 of 1,018
3rd Math	3	57	36	3	91	361 of 1,018
4th English	16	63	21	0	90	61 of 1,006
4th Math	31	29	38	2	90	163 of 1,006
5th English	32	53	11	3	87	96 of 933
5th Math	26	37	25	11	87	155 of 933
5th Science	39	44	13	5	87	42 of 933

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Hingham Middle School
6th English	15	65	19	1	287	136 of 575
6th Math	17	37	33	13	286	199 of 575
7th English	10	69	19	2	259	132 of 458
7th Math	18	42	32	8	259	80 of 459
8th English	23	70	6	1	265	52 of 457
8th Math	20	40	31	9	266	84 of 458
8th Science	5	45	41	9	266	86 of 458

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Hingham High School
10th English	42	51	7	0	269	22 of 337
10th Math	71	19	9	1	269	31 of 337

District MCAS summary | School-by-school MCAS results