The Massachusetts Department of Education recently released MCAS scores from spring 2012 that show Sharon students on the whole out-performing the state's numbers, according to results as posted on Boston.com.
For English Language Arts, 87 percent of students in all grades tested achieved "proficient or higher", 37 percent achieved "advanced", 50 percent achieved "proficient" and 9 percent achieved "needs improvement", according to numbers from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website.
For Math, 80 percent achieved "proficient or higher", 51 percent achieved "advanced", 29 percent achieved "proficient" and 14 percent achieved "needs improvement".
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And for Science and Technical Engineering, 78 percent achieved "proficient or higher", 38 percent achieved "advanced", 40 percent achieved "proficient" and 17 percent achieved "needs improvement".
Below are the Sharon Public School district, sorted by grade level. For the complete results for reach of Sharon's schools, click here.
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3rd Grade
Subject% Advanced
% Proficient
% Needs Improvement
% Warning/Failing
Students Tested English District 31 52 14 4 228
State 15 46 30 9 70,709 Math District 62 25 9 4 229
State 27 34 25 14 70,763
4th Grade
% Advanced
% Proficient
% Needs Improvement
% Warning/Failing
Students Tested English District 27 53 16 4 237
State 13 44 30 14 70,264 Math District 38 38 19 5 237
State 16 35 36 12 70,425
5th Grade
% Advanced
% Proficient
% Needs Improvement
% Warning/Failing
Students Tested English District 36 46 13 5 269
State 17 44 28 11 71,423 Math District 52 26 14 7 269
State 25 32 26 17 71,484
Science & Tech District 51 31 13 4 268 State 22 30 34 14 71,373
6th Grade
Subject% Advanced
% Proficient
% Needs Improvement
% Warning/Failing
Students Tested English District 38 50 9 3 245
State 18 48 22 11 71,589
Math District 47 38 10 5 244
State 27 33 24 16 71,640
7th Grade
Subject% Advanced
% Proficient
% Needs Improvement
% Warning/Failing
Students Tested English District 28 56 12
4
253
State 15 56 21
7
71,749 Math District 32 31 28
8
254
State 20 31 30
18
71,952
8th Grade
% Advanced
% Proficient
% Needs Improvement
% Warning/Failing
Students Tested English District 28 65 6 2 308
State 18 63 14 6 72,756 Math District 41 34 17 8 308 State 22 30 28 19 72,705 Sci & Tech District 9 49 32 9 308
State 5 48 38 20 72,535
10th Grade
Subject% Advanced
% Proficient
% Needs Improvement
% Warning/Failing
Students Tested English District 64 33 1 1 314
State 37 51 9 3 69,059 Math District 82 12 4 2 311
State 50 28 15 7 69,015 Sci & Tech District 55 37 6 2 300 State 24 55 25 6 67,556
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