These students did not meet the required standards of the Math portion of the MCAS, compared to the 23% who did.
The number of Taunton Public Schools District students who failed their Math assessments fell by 8.1% from the previous school year.
Taunton Public Schools District roughly covers schools within Bristol County and has a main office in Taunton.
In the 2021-22 school year, 399,938 students took the Math test in Massachusetts with 76% students failing, 7.6% less than the year before.
According to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's 2022 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), the average scale score for grade 10 English Language Arts was 503, which met the expectation level, while the average scale score for grade 10 Science was 499, which only partially met the expectation level.
Massachusetts students performed better than most of their peers in other states, but their own average scores on a national assessment dropped from 2019 levels.
| School Name | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Friedman Middle School | 76% |
| East Taunton Elementary School | 60% |
| Edmund Hatch Bennett School | 71% |
| Elizabeth Pole School | 74% |
| H. H. Galligan School | 79% |
| John F. Parker Middle School | 80% |
| Joseph C. Chamberlain School | 62% |
| Joseph H. Martin School | 82% |
| Mulcahey Elementary School | 78% |
| Taunton High School | 77% |
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