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Amherst Public Schools

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These results for Amherst Public Schools, released in September 2012, are for the MCAS exams taken in the spring of 2012. Source: Massachusetts Department of Education.

DISTRICT SUMMARY

3rd Grade
Subject		% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	24	44	19	13	175
	State	15	46	30	9	70,709
Mathematics	District	31	27	23	18	173
	State	27	34	25	14	70,763
4th Grade
Subject		% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	8	48	28	15	157
	State	13	44	30	14	70,264
Mathematics	District	13	40	33	14	159
	State	16	35	36	12	70,425
5th Grade
Subject		% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	21	43	26	10	186
	State	17	44	28	11	71,423
Mathematics	District	28	31	23	19	186
	State	25	32	26	17	71,484
Science & Tech	District	25	34	25	16	185
	State	22	30	34	14	71,373
6th Grade
Subject		% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	28	46	16	10	163
	State	18	48	22	11	71,589
Mathematics	District	31	35	18	16	165
	State	27	33	24	16	71,640
All grades combined
Subject		% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	20	45	22	12	681
	State	19	50	22	9	497,549
Mathematics	District	26	33	24	17	683
	State	27	32	26	15	497,984
Science & Tech	District	25	34	25	16	185
	State	17	37	32	13	211,464

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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.

Crocker Farm Elementary
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	15	46	26	13	54	539 of 955
3rd Math	28	23	32	17	53	674 of 955
4th English	8	49	35	8	37	493 of 936
4th Math	8	50	34	8	38	363 of 936
5th English	26	46	24	4	46	273 of 881
5th Math	22	43	17	17	46	316 of 881
5th Science	15	41	30	13	46	395 of 881
6th English	15	49	19	17	47	330 of 555
6th Math	21	30	26	23	47	369 of 555
All grades English	16	47	26	11	184	--
All grades Math	21	35	27	17	184	--

Fort River Elementary
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	28	36	20	16	50	482 of 955
3rd Math	41	22	12	24	49	470 of 955
4th English	6	50	25	19	52	508 of 936
4th Math	15	33	31	21	52	537 of 936
5th English	15	35	35	15	60	623 of 881
5th Math	27	25	25	23	60	528 of 881
5th Science	25	23	30	22	60	499 of 881
6th English	26	51	16	7	61	202 of 555
6th Math	23	52	10	16	62	151 of 555
All grades English	19	43	24	14	223	--
All grades Math	26	34	19	21	223	--

Wildwood Elementary
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	29	49	13	10	63	200 of 955
3rd Math	29	35	19	16	62	448 of 955
4th English	11	48	27	14	64	465 of 936
4th Math	15	40	35	9	65	405 of 936
5th English	23	49	18	11	74	273 of 881
5th Math	34	30	20	16	74	336 of 881
5th Science	34	36	18	12	74	211 of 881
6th English	42	38	11	9	53	167 of 555
6th Math	51	23	17	9	53	166 of 555
All grades English	25	46	17	11	254	--
All grades Math	31	32	23	13	254	--