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".
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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.
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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
% 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
% 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
% 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
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