Somerville Public Schools

District summary | Results for individual schools

These results for Somerville 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	11	34	43	12	324
	State	14	45	32	9	71,311
Mathematics	District	15	36	29	20	324
	State	19	41	24	16	71,323

Grade 4
English	District	4	34	46	16	317
	State	10	46	34	10	70,517
Mathematics	District	14	26	46	14	317
	State	19	29	39	13	70,645

Grade 5
English	District	9	38	34	19	341
	State	15	48	28	9	71,320
Mathematics	District	11	22	39	28	340
	State	19	32	31	18	71,352
Science & Tech	District	5	21	46	29	340
	State	14	37	37	12	71,338

Grade 6
English	District	5	48	35	12	322
	State	9	58	25	7	72,887
Mathematics	District	8	27	35	30	322
	State	20	32	28	20	72,889

Grade 7
English	District	4	52	30	14	378
	State	9	60	23	8	73,577
Mathematics	District	7	21	30	41	374
	State	15	31	30	24	73,592

Grade 8
English	District	8	58	26	8	352
	State	12	63	18	6	74,433
Mathematics	District	11	22	31	36	352
	State	17	28	30	25	74,319
Science & Tech	District	1	19	44	36	351
	State	3	30	44	24	74,257

Grade 10
English	District	12	40	38	10	357
	State	22	49	24	6	72,471
Mathematics	District	27	27	31	15	351
	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
Benjamin G. Brown
3rd Reading	25	63	13	0	24	30 of 1,013
3rd Math	33	54	8	4	24	47 of 1,013
4th English	5	57	38	0	21	394 of 996
4th Math	24	33	43	0	21	345 of 996
5th English	29	32	26	12	34	519 of 929
5th Math	29	29	26	15	34	311 of 929
5th Science	24	29	32	15	34	427 of 929
6th English	32	63	5	0	19	7 of 565
6th Math	16	47	26	11	19	171 of 565

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Cummings
3rd Reading	6	39	39	17	18	761 of 1,013
3rd Math	6	39	50	6	18	763 of 1,013
4th English	0	38	54	8	13	780 of 996
4th Math	38	23	31	8	13	258 of 996
5th English	11	50	33	6	18	519 of 929
5th Math	33	44	22	0	18	91 of 929
5th Science	0	44	50	6	18	566 of 929
6th English	0	71	29	0	17	280 of 565
6th Math	12	24	41	24	17	436 of 565
7th English	0	80	15	5	20	147 of 464
7th Math	0	15	40	45	20	415 of 464
8th English	0	65	35	0	17	354 of 462
8th Math	12	6	41	41	17	404 of 461
8th Science	0	6	59	35	17	391 of 462

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Arthur D. Healey
3rd Reading	7	33	55	5	58	816 of 1,013
3rd Math	12	40	26	21	57	675 of 1,013
4th English	5	35	48	11	62	755 of 996
4th Math	8	27	58	6	62	725 of 996
5th English	16	40	32	11	62	598 of 929
5th Math	11	28	46	15	61	644 of 929
5th Science	5	25	48	23	61	716 of 929
6th English	5	54	32	8	37	388 of 565
6th Math	11	26	23	40	35	425 of 565
7th English	6	43	39	12	51	375 of 464
7th Math	10	14	39	37	51	370 of 464
8th English	8	67	21	5	39	282 of 462
8th Math	8	13	33	48	40	387 of 461
8th Science	3	18	38	43	40	302 of 462

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
John F. Kennedy
3rd Reading	30	41	24	5	37	297 of 1,013
3rd Math	35	35	16	14	37	328 of 1,013
4th English	2	48	38	12	42	605 of 996
4th Math	20	32	44	5	41	436 of 996
5th English	8	33	35	25	40	773 of 929
5th Math	10	20	40	30	40	753 of 929
5th Science	5	25	50	20	40	716 of 929
6th English	7	51	29	12	41	395 of 565
6th Math	12	29	31	29	42	395 of 565
7th English	7	53	23	18	74	327 of 464
7th Math	9	28	20	42	74	293 of 464
8th English	10	57	24	9	79	345 of 462
8th Math	18	27	23	32	78	231 of 461
8th Science	0	29	41	29	78	247 of 462

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Lincoln Park School (Thurston St.)
3rd Reading	4	12	56	28	25	986 of 1,013
3rd Math	8	32	36	24	25	821 of 1,013
4th English	3	16	47	34	32	927 of 996
4th Math	16	19	44	22	32	725 of 996
5th English	3	26	29	42	31	853 of 929
5th Math	6	13	42	39	31	845 of 929
5th Science	3	19	35	42	31	790 of 929
6th English	0	38	48	14	29	500 of 565
6th Math	7	45	31	17	29	305 of 565
7th English	0	65	29	6	31	299 of 464
7th Math	3	32	32	32	31	307 of 464
8th English	9	65	22	4	23	290 of 462
8th Math	26	26	26	22	23	170 of 461
8th Science	9	26	48	17	23	199 of 462

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
East Somerville Community School
3rd Reading	11	30	50	9	70	807 of 1,013
3rd Math	14	31	33	21	70	763 of 1,013
4th English	5	38	40	17	63	710 of 996
4th Math	13	37	37	14	63	468 of 996
5th English	3	48	36	13	64	666 of 929
5th Math	5	16	47	33	64	829 of 929
5th Science	2	16	42	41	64	815 of 929
6th English	3	54	39	3	61	408 of 565
6th Math	8	26	41	25	61	448 of 565
7th English	6	65	27	2	62	245 of 464
7th Math	11	26	46	16	61	293 of 464
8th English	22	66	12	0	50	118 of 462
8th Math	16	36	34	14	50	170 of 461
8th Science	0	30	52	18	50	235 of 462

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
West Somerville Neighborhood School
3rd Reading	10	48	41	0	29	558 of 1,013
3rd Math	24	38	28	10	29	494 of 1,013
4th English	8	35	50	8	26	710 of 996
4th Math	23	15	50	12	26	677 of 996
5th English	7	41	45	7	29	697 of 929
5th Math	7	28	38	28	29	696 of 929
5th Science	3	10	69	17	29	855 of 929
6th English	0	53	41	6	32	427 of 565
6th Math	6	34	47	13	32	402 of 565
7th English	0	58	35	8	40	335 of 464
7th Math	5	15	33	48	40	393 of 464
8th English	0	72	23	4	47	313 of 462
8th Math	2	28	38	32	47	341 of 461
8th Science	0	17	57	26	46	317 of 462

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Winter Hill Community
3rd Reading	2	29	47	22	49	902 of 1,013
3rd Math	2	31	35	33	49	880 of 1,013
4th English	2	12	60	26	43	950 of 996
4th Math	5	19	49	28	43	852 of 996
5th English	0	38	38	25	48	799 of 929
5th Math	2	17	38	44	48	845 of 929
5th Science	0	13	48	40	48	855 of 929
6th English	3	30	41	25	63	516 of 565
6th Math	6	21	29	44	63	490 of 565
7th English	5	41	37	17	63	390 of 464
7th Math	8	21	21	51	63	346 of 464
8th English	6	45	33	16	69	408 of 462
8th Math	4	18	34	44	68	380 of 461
8th Science	0	9	38	53	68	380 of 462

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Next Wave Jr. High School
7th English	--	--	--	--	8	-- of 464
7th Math	--	--	--	--	8	-- of 464
8th English	--	--	--	--	4	-- of 462
8th Math	--	--	--	--	4	-- of 461
8th Science	--	--	--	--	4	-- of 462

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Somerville High School
10th English	13	43	35	10	315	270 of 341
10th Math	30	27	29	13	312	258 of 341

Grade/ Subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improving	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
Full Circle High School
10th English	7	20	60	13	15	325 of 341
10th Math	8	8	54	31	13	334 of 341