Amherst Public Schools

District summary | Results for individual schools

These results for Amherst Public Schools, released in October of 2007, are for the MCAS exams taken in the spring of 2007. Source: Massachusetts Department of Education.

District summary

All Students Spring 2007 Exam		% of students at each performance level				No. of students tested
All Students Spring 2007 Exam		Advanced/ Above Proficient	Proficient	Needs Improv.	Warning/ Failing	No. of students tested

Grade 3
Reading	District	20	46	24	10	203
	State	14	45	32	9	71,311
Mathematics	District	21	41	20	18	203
	State	19	41	24	16	71,323

Grade 4
English	District	8	51	36	6	193
	State	10	46	34	10	70,517
Mathematics	District	23	29	42	7	195
	State	19	29	39	13	70,645

Grade 5
English	District	24	55	17	4	186
	State	15	48	28	9	71,320
Mathematics	District	40	30	23	8	186
	State	19	32	31	18	71,352
Science & Tech	District	30	40	24	7	186
	State	14	37	37	12	71,338

Grade 6
English	District	18	61	17	4	224
	State	9	58	25	7	72,887
Mathematics	District	43	26	20	12	223
	State	20	32	28	20	72,889

Grade 7
English	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	9	60	23	8	73,577
Mathematics	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	15	31	30	24	73,592

Grade 8
English	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	12	63	18	6	74,433
Mathematics	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	17	28	30	25	74,319
Science & Tech	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	3	30	44	24	74,257

Grade 10
English	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	22	49	24	6	72,471
Mathematics	District	--	--	--	--	--
	State	42	27	22	9	71,692

District summary | Results for individual schools

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
Crocker Farm Elementary
3rd Reading	23	34	34	9	35	572 of 1,013
3rd Math	9	46	26	20	35	629 of 1,013
4th English	8	35	57	0	37	710 of 996
4th Math	11	19	62	8	37	791 of 996
5th English	19	57	22	3	37	237 of 929
5th Math	24	22	49	5	37	540 of 929
5th Science	22	35	38	5	37	365 of 929
6th English	12	62	26	0	42	227 of 565
6th Math	34	15	29	22	41	337 of 565

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Fort River Elementary
3rd Reading	20	48	24	8	66	357 of 1,013
3rd Math	27	39	24	10	67	413 of 1,013
4th English	6	53	33	8	66	455 of 996
4th Math	31	24	40	4	67	374 of 996
5th English	25	53	21	2	57	207 of 929
5th Math	42	33	18	7	57	111 of 929
5th Science	26	44	25	5	57	180 of 929
6th English	19	57	20	3	94	205 of 565
6th Math	37	30	23	11	93	139 of 565

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Marks Meadow Elementary
3rd Reading	14	54	14	17	35	357 of 1,013
3rd Math	23	34	17	26	35	595 of 1,013
4th English	6	60	29	6	35	326 of 996
4th Math	12	47	38	3	34	301 of 996
5th English	17	72	11	0	18	45 of 929
5th Math	44	56	0	0	18	1 of 929
5th Science	56	44	0	0	18	1 of 929
6th English	18	76	6	0	17	10 of 565
6th Math	41	35	18	6	17	69 of 565

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Wildwood Elementary
3rd Reading	23	45	23	8	60	357 of 1,013
3rd Math	24	47	8	20	59	305 of 1,013
4th English	11	53	28	8	53	357 of 996
4th Math	30	30	31	9	54	283 of 996
5th English	29	49	13	9	69	207 of 929
5th Math	45	25	19	12	69	162 of 929
5th Science	29	36	23	12	69	249 of 929
6th English	23	64	9	3	64	73 of 565
6th Math	61	25	9	5	64	10 of 565