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Legacy MCAS Open Response Item Results for Students averaging 2 or above on the open response items
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NOTE: This report is not generated for tests which were administered since 2017.
Data last updated on December 16, 2021. More about the data
| District Name | District Code | Average 2 or above # | Average 2 or above % | Student Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public (District) | 04450000 | 48 | 51 | 95 |
| Abington | 00010000 | 70 | 49 | 142 |
| Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public (District) | 04120000 | 15 | 20 | 75 |
| Acton-Boxborough | 06000000 | 147 | 95 | 154 |
| Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter (District) | 04300000 | 111 | 79 | 141 |
| Agawam | 00050000 | 125 | 53 | 236 |
| Amesbury | 00070000 | 69 | 58 | 118 |
| Andover | 00090000 | 279 | 68 | 413 |
| Argosy Collegiate Charter School (District) | 35090000 | 13 | 22 | 58 |
| Arlington | 00100000 | 244 | 72 | 337 |
| Ashburnham-Westminster | 06100000 | 54 | 51 | 106 |
| Ashland | 00140000 | 63 | 89 | 71 |
| Athol-Royalston | 06150000 | 6 | 60 | 10 |
| Atlantis Charter (District) | 04910000 | 8 | 16 | 50 |
| Attleboro | 00160000 | 228 | 55 | 415 |
| Auburn | 00170000 | 95 | 57 | 168 |
| Avon | 00180000 | 17 | 34 | 50 |
| Ayer Shirley School District | 06160000 | 42 | 44 | 96 |
| Barnstable | 00200000 | 88 | 83 | 106 |
| Baystate Academy Charter Public School (District) | 35020000 | 5 | 9 | 54 |
| Bedford | 00230000 | 133 | 73 | 181 |
| Bellingham | 00250000 | 53 | 57 | 93 |
| Belmont | 00260000 | 253 | 81 | 312 |
| Berkshire Hills | 06180000 | 75 | 69 | 108 |
| Berlin-Boylston | 06200000 | 39 | 87 | 45 |
| Beverly | 00300000 | 91 | 61 | 148 |
| Billerica | 00310000 | 172 | 66 | 260 |
| Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical | 08050000 | 121 | 89 | 136 |
| Blackstone-Millville | 06220000 | 3 | 19 | 16 |
| Boston | 00350000 | 644 | 32 | 2,003 |
| Boston Collegiate Charter (District) | 04490000 | 27 | 38 | 71 |
| Boston Preparatory Charter Public (District) | 04160000 | 29 | 25 | 115 |
| Bourne | 00360000 | 33 | 36 | 92 |
| Braintree | 00400000 | 220 | 62 | 357 |
| Bridgewater-Raynham | 06250000 | 143 | 52 | 277 |
| Bristol County Agricultural | 09100000 | 64 | 57 | 113 |
| Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical | 08100000 | 133 | 41 | 327 |
| Brockton | 00440000 | 84 | 54 | 156 |
| Brooke Charter School (District) | 04280000 | 93 | 67 | 139 |
| Brookline | 00460000 | 372 | 78 | 479 |
| Burlington | 00480000 | 139 | 70 | 198 |
| Cambridge | 00490000 | 216 | 60 | 359 |
| Canton | 00500000 | 127 | 61 | 209 |
| Carver | 00520000 | 51 | 50 | 103 |
| Central Berkshire | 06350000 | 75 | 63 | 119 |
| Chelmsford | 00560000 | 115 | 98 | 117 |
| Chelsea | 00570000 | 90 | 29 | 306 |
| Clinton | 00640000 | 37 | 29 | 126 |
| Codman Academy Charter Public (District) | 04380000 | 2 | 5 | 42 |
| Cohasset | 00650000 | 70 | 67 | 105 |
| Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) | 35030000 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| Community Charter School of Cambridge (District) | 04360000 | 25 | 47 | 53 |
| Danvers | 00710000 | 105 | 50 | 212 |
| Dartmouth | 00720000 | 142 | 62 | 230 |
| Dedham | 00730000 | 93 | 58 | 161 |
| Dennis-Yarmouth | 06450000 | 49 | 54 | 91 |
| Dighton-Rehoboth | 06500000 | 77 | 55 | 140 |
| Douglas | 00770000 | 41 | 82 | 50 |
| Dover-Sherborn | 06550000 | 145 | 83 | 175 |
| Dracut | 00790000 | 83 | 46 | 180 |
| Dudley-Charlton Reg | 06580000 | 112 | 51 | 220 |
| Duxbury | 00820000 | 178 | 76 | 235 |
| East Bridgewater | 00830000 | 67 | 50 | 133 |
| East Longmeadow | 00870000 | 53 | 52 | 102 |
| Easton | 00880000 | 164 | 63 | 259 |
| Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann Charter) (District) | 04520000 | 6 | 6 | 97 |
| Everett | 00930000 | 106 | 21 | 504 |
| Excel Academy Charter (District) | 04100000 | 54 | 34 | 160 |
| Fairhaven | 00940000 | 66 | 49 | 135 |
| Fall River | 00950000 | 104 | 21 | 495 |
| Falmouth | 00960000 | 101 | 59 | 171 |
| Fitchburg | 00970000 | 68 | 22 | 307 |
| Foxborough | 00990000 | 125 | 70 | 178 |
| Foxborough Regional Charter (District) | 04460000 | 34 | 36 | 95 |
| Framingham | 01000000 | 239 | 53 | 452 |
| Franklin | 01010000 | 290 | 73 | 400 |
| Freetown-Lakeville | 06650000 | 108 | 56 | 193 |
| Frontier | 06700000 | 61 | 72 | 85 |
| Gardner | 01030000 | 18 | 20 | 89 |
| Gateway | 06720000 | 13 | 29 | 45 |
| Georgetown | 01050000 | 28 | 88 | 32 |
| Global Learning Charter Public (District) | 04960000 | 11 | 30 | 37 |
| Gloucester | 01070000 | 80 | 42 | 191 |
| Grafton | 01100000 | 135 | 67 | 201 |
| Granby | 01110000 | 10 | 24 | 41 |
| Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical | 08280000 | 125 | 67 | 187 |
| Greenfield | 01140000 | 25 | 33 | 75 |
| Groton-Dunstable | 06730000 | 61 | 97 | 63 |
| Hamilton-Wenham | 06750000 | 82 | 71 | 116 |
| Hampden Charter School of Science East (District) | 04990000 | 29 | 39 | 74 |
| Hampden Charter School of Science West (District) | 35160000 | 27 | 47 | 57 |
| Hampshire | 06830000 | 21 | 91 | 23 |
| Hanover | 01220000 | 117 | 67 | 175 |
| Hatfield | 01270000 | 12 | 63 | 19 |
| Haverhill | 01280000 | 134 | 30 | 453 |
| Hingham | 01310000 | 179 | 94 | 190 |
| Holbrook | 01330000 | 31 | 38 | 81 |
| Holliston | 01360000 | 67 | 64 | 105 |
| Hopedale | 01380000 | 56 | 74 | 76 |
| Hudson | 01410000 | 70 | 63 | 111 |
| Hull | 01420000 | 31 | 54 | 57 |
| Ipswich | 01440000 | 82 | 83 | 99 |
| KIPP Academy Lynn Charter (District) | 04290000 | 36 | 39 | 93 |
| Lawrence | 01490000 | 111 | 19 | 585 |
| Lee | 01500000 | 16 | 29 | 55 |
| Leicester | 01510000 | 47 | 45 | 104 |
| Lenox | 01520000 | 42 | 68 | 62 |
| Leominster | 01530000 | 182 | 41 | 440 |
| Littleton | 01580000 | 89 | 87 | 102 |
| Longmeadow | 01590000 | 151 | 72 | 209 |
| Ludlow | 01610000 | 91 | 47 | 192 |
| Lunenburg | 01620000 | 44 | 81 | 54 |
| Lynn | 01630000 | 163 | 15 | 1,056 |
| Lynnfield | 01640000 | 103 | 71 | 145 |
| MATCH Charter Public School (District) | 04690000 | 9 | 12 | 77 |
| Malden | 01650000 | 109 | 78 | 140 |
| Manchester Essex Regional | 06980000 | 63 | 71 | 89 |
| Mansfield | 01670000 | 194 | 72 | 270 |
| Marblehead | 01680000 | 140 | 65 | 217 |
| Marshfield | 01710000 | 130 | 55 | 237 |
| Martha's Vineyard | 07000000 | 32 | 94 | 34 |
| Masconomet | 07050000 | 186 | 73 | 254 |
| Mashpee | 01720000 | 30 | 73 | 41 |
| Maynard | 01740000 | 42 | 64 | 66 |
| Medfield | 01750000 | 161 | 89 | 180 |
| Medford | 01760000 | 132 | 46 | 284 |
| Medway | 01770000 | 107 | 76 | 141 |
| Melrose | 01780000 | 139 | 65 | 215 |
| Mendon-Upton | 07100000 | 83 | 60 | 139 |
| Methuen | 01810000 | 173 | 41 | 424 |
| Milford | 01850000 | 81 | 42 | 193 |
| Millbury | 01860000 | 37 | 32 | 114 |
| Millis | 01870000 | 46 | 52 | 89 |
| Milton | 01890000 | 214 | 78 | 275 |
| Mohawk Trail | 07170000 | 15 | 42 | 36 |
| Monomoy Regional School District | 07120000 | 58 | 57 | 101 |
| Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical | 08320000 | 194 | 69 | 281 |
| Mount Greylock | 07150000 | 67 | 66 | 102 |
| Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District) | 04700000 | 92 | 74 | 124 |
| Nantucket | 01970000 | 68 | 54 | 126 |
| Narragansett | 07200000 | 35 | 44 | 80 |
| Natick | 01980000 | 295 | 79 | 375 |
| Nauset | 06600000 | 113 | 64 | 177 |
| Needham | 01990000 | 353 | 84 | 418 |
| Neighborhood House Charter (District) | 04440000 | 16 | 22 | 72 |
| New Bedford | 02010000 | 52 | 45 | 115 |
| New Heights Charter School of Brockton (District) | 35130000 | 12 | 14 | 85 |
| Newburyport | 02040000 | 144 | 71 | 202 |
| Newton | 02070000 | 669 | 76 | 878 |
| Norfolk County Agricultural | 09150000 | 74 | 49 | 152 |
| North Adams | 02090000 | 6 | 16 | 38 |
| North Andover | 02110000 | 206 | 65 | 318 |
| North Attleborough | 02120000 | 152 | 63 | 242 |
| North Brookfield | 02150000 | 16 | 37 | 43 |
| North Middlesex | 07350000 | 105 | 69 | 153 |
| North Reading | 02170000 | 74 | 58 | 127 |
| Northampton | 02100000 | 67 | 58 | 115 |
| Northboro-Southboro | 07300000 | 247 | 81 | 304 |
| Northbridge | 02140000 | 49 | 41 | 120 |
| Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical | 08530000 | 80 | 24 | 333 |
| Norton | 02180000 | 91 | 58 | 157 |
| Norwell | 02190000 | 128 | 81 | 159 |
| Norwood | 02200000 | 66 | 78 | 85 |
| Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical | 08550000 | 60 | 41 | 148 |
| Old Rochester | 07400000 | 104 | 70 | 148 |
| Oxford | 02260000 | 31 | 47 | 66 |
| Palmer | 02270000 | 26 | 50 | 52 |
| Peabody | 02290000 | 117 | 31 | 377 |
| Pembroke | 02310000 | 115 | 61 | 187 |
| Pentucket | 07450000 | 90 | 63 | 143 |
| Pioneer Charter School of Science (District) | 04940000 | 38 | 68 | 56 |
| Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS-II) (District) | 35060000 | 37 | 61 | 61 |
| Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter (District) | 04970000 | 23 | 77 | 30 |
| Pittsfield | 02360000 | 98 | 28 | 348 |
| Plymouth | 02390000 | 270 | 47 | 569 |
| Prospect Hill Academy Charter (District) | 04870000 | 24 | 27 | 90 |
| Quabbin | 07530000 | 55 | 38 | 145 |
| Quaboag Regional | 07780000 | 32 | 42 | 76 |
| Quincy | 02430000 | 280 | 82 | 340 |
| Ralph C Mahar | 07550000 | 24 | 41 | 58 |
| Randolph | 02440000 | 39 | 29 | 133 |
| Reading | 02460000 | 182 | 63 | 290 |
| Revere | 02480000 | 166 | 37 | 444 |
| Rising Tide Charter Public (District) | 04830000 | 35 | 49 | 72 |
| Rockland | 02510000 | 65 | 50 | 131 |
| Rockport | 02520000 | 37 | 52 | 71 |
| Roxbury Preparatory Charter (District) | 04840000 | 40 | 19 | 207 |
| Sabis International Charter (District) | 04410000 | 33 | 30 | 110 |
| Salem | 02580000 | 49 | 30 | 163 |
| Salem Academy Charter (District) | 04850000 | 32 | 46 | 69 |
| Sandwich | 02610000 | 61 | 69 | 88 |
| Saugus | 02620000 | 49 | 32 | 152 |
| Scituate | 02640000 | 155 | 73 | 213 |
| Seekonk | 02650000 | 58 | 91 | 64 |
| Sharon | 02660000 | 185 | 71 | 259 |
| Shrewsbury | 02710000 | 321 | 71 | 449 |
| Silver Lake | 07600000 | 142 | 58 | 244 |
| Somerset Berkley Regional School District | 07630000 | 148 | 61 | 243 |
| Somerville | 02740000 | 118 | 40 | 296 |
| South Hadley | 02780000 | 60 | 45 | 133 |
| South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical | 08290000 | 75 | 35 | 215 |
| South Shore Charter Public (District) | 04880000 | 27 | 33 | 81 |
| South Shore Regional Vocational Technical | 08730000 | 94 | 58 | 163 |
| Southbridge | 02770000 | 10 | 38 | 26 |
| Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical | 08720000 | 148 | 39 | 375 |
| Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational Technical | 08760000 | 144 | 51 | 283 |
| Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District | 07660000 | 45 | 52 | 86 |
| Spencer-E Brookfield | 07670000 | 25 | 40 | 63 |
| Springfield | 02810000 | 184 | 19 | 950 |
| Stoughton | 02850000 | 117 | 84 | 140 |
| Sturgis Charter Public (District) | 04890000 | 117 | 60 | 194 |
| Sutton | 02900000 | 57 | 67 | 85 |
| Swampscott | 02910000 | 108 | 71 | 152 |
| Swansea | 02920000 | 76 | 47 | 162 |
| TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District | 39020000 | 40 | 50 | 80 |
| Tantasqua | 07700000 | 121 | 54 | 225 |
| Taunton | 02930000 | 166 | 36 | 466 |
| Tewksbury | 02950000 | 104 | 53 | 197 |
| Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical | 08780000 | 87 | 38 | 226 |
| Triton | 07730000 | 69 | 53 | 130 |
| Tyngsborough | 03010000 | 61 | 66 | 92 |
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical | 08790000 | 59 | 29 | 201 |
| Uxbridge | 03040000 | 67 | 58 | 115 |
| Wachusett | 07750000 | 294 | 63 | 463 |
| Wakefield | 03050000 | 125 | 68 | 184 |
| Walpole | 03070000 | 168 | 72 | 232 |
| Waltham | 03080000 | 162 | 45 | 357 |
| Wareham | 03100000 | 23 | 25 | 93 |
| Watertown | 03140000 | 89 | 56 | 159 |
| Wayland | 03150000 | 173 | 82 | 210 |
| Webster | 03160000 | 9 | 13 | 70 |
| Wellesley | 03170000 | 273 | 77 | 353 |
| West Boylston | 03220000 | 33 | 61 | 54 |
| West Bridgewater | 03230000 | 51 | 53 | 96 |
| West Springfield | 03320000 | 136 | 49 | 278 |
| Westborough | 03210000 | 8 | 57 | 14 |
| Westfield | 03250000 | 104 | 28 | 369 |
| Westford | 03260000 | 309 | 83 | 374 |
| Weston | 03300000 | 135 | 89 | 151 |
| Westport | 03310000 | 39 | 48 | 81 |
| Westwood | 03350000 | 173 | 73 | 237 |
| Weymouth | 03360000 | 91 | 87 | 105 |
| Whitman-Hanson | 07800000 | 119 | 53 | 225 |
| Whittier Regional Vocational Technical | 08850000 | 161 | 49 | 331 |
| Wilmington | 03420000 | 107 | 64 | 167 |
| Winchendon | 03430000 | 12 | 19 | 63 |
| Winchester | 03440000 | 275 | 82 | 336 |
| Winthrop | 03460000 | 56 | 42 | 133 |
| Woburn | 03470000 | 55 | 85 | 65 |
| Worcester | 03480000 | 396 | 28 | 1,414 |
| State Totals | 00000000 | 25,287 | 52 | 48,333 |
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