The Massachusetts Department of Education recently released MCAS scores from spring 2012 that show Canton students on the whole out-performing the state's numbers, according to results as posted on Boston.com.
For English Language Arts, 85 percent of students in all grades tested achieved "proficient or higher", 31 percent achieved "advanced", 54 percent achieved "proficient" and 13 percent achieved "needs improvement", according to numbers from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website.
For Math, 74 percent achieved "proficient or higher", 38 percent achieved "advanced", 36 percent achieved "proficient" and 19 percent achieved "needs improvement".
And for Science and Technical Engineering, 71 percent achieved "proficient or higher", 31 percent achieved "advanced", 40 percent achieved "proficient" and 23 percent achieved "needs improvement".
Below are the Canton Public School district, sorted by grade level. For the complete results for reach of Canton's schools, click here.
3rd Grade
| Subject | % Advanced |
% Proficient |
% Needs Improvement |
% Warning/Failing |
Students Tested | |
| English | District | 27 | 50 | 20 | 3 | 263 |
| State | 15 | 46 | 30 | 9 | 70,709 |
|
| Math | District | 46 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 265 |
| State | 27 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 70,763 |
4th Grade
| Subject | % Advanced |
% Proficient |
% Needs Improvement |
% Warning/Failing |
Students Tested | |
| English | District | 22 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 268 |
| State | 13 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 70,264 |
|
| Math | District | 29 | 48 | 20 | 3 | 268 |
| State | 16 | 35 | 36 | 12 | 70,425 |
5th Grade
| Subject | % Advanced |
% Proficient |
% Needs Improvement |
% Warning/Failing |
Students Tested | |
| English | District | 28 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 267 |
| State | 17 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 71,423 |
|
| Math | District | 37 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 272 |
| State | 25 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 71,484 |
|
| Science & Tech | District | 36 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 272 |
| State | 22 | 30 | 34 | 14 | 71,373 |
6th Grade
| Subject | % Advanced |
% Proficient |
% Needs Improvement |
% Warning/Failing |
Students Tested | |
| English | District | 29 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 276 |
| State | 18 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 71,589 |
|
| Math | District | 34 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 280 |
| State | 27 | 33 | 24 | 16 | 71,640 |
7th Grade
| Subject | % Advanced |
% Proficient |
% Needs Improvement |
% Warning/Failing |
Students Tested | |
| English | District | 33 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 233 |
| State | 15 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 71,749 |
|
| Math | District | 33 | 39 | 20 | 7 | 233 |
| State | 20 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 71,952 |
8th Grade
| Subject | % Advanced |
% Proficient |
% Needs Improvement |
% Warning/Failing |
Students Tested | |
| English | District | 28 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 242 |
| State | 18 | 63 | 14 | 6 | 72,756 |
|
| Math | District | 28 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 241 |
| State | 22 | 30 | 28 | 19 | 72,705 |
|
| Sci & Tech | District | 12 | 51 | 29 | 9 | 240 |
| State | 5 | 38 | 38 | 20 | 72,535 |
10th Grade
| Subject | % Advanced |
% Proficient |
% Needs Improvement |
% Warning/Failing |
Students Tested | |
| English | District | 52 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 208 |
| State | 37 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 69,059 |
|
| Math | District | 61 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 207 |
| State | 50 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 69,015 |
|
| Sci & Tech | District | 47 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 199 |
| State | 24 | 45 | 25 | 6 | 67,556 |
