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Mather

Public | Grades: PK-5 | 560 students

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Public | Grades: PK-5 | 560 students
District: Boston

1 Parish St
Dorchester, MA 02122

(617) 635-8757

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Mather:

SchoolDigger Ranks Mather 788th of 890 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See school ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Boston 307th of 325 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Year	Avg Math Score	Avg Reading Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	MA State Percentile
2003	10.2	34.3	797^th	883	9.7%
2004	15.0	26.0	833^rd	911	8.6%
2005	15.0	27.0	795^th	918	13.4%
2006	37.0	25.0	725^th	899	19.4%
2007	27.5	28.0	816^th	898	9.1%
2008	30.5	20.0	822^nd	898	8.5%
2009	26.0	24.5	827^th	895	7.6%
2010	38.5	36.5	757^th	903	16.2%
2011	34.5	30.5	778^th	895	13.1%
2012	33.0	31.5	788^th	890	11.5%

Source: test scores: MA Dept. of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Public | Grades: PK-5 | 560 students
District: Boston

1 Parish St
Dorchester, MA 02122

(617) 635-8757

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MCAS			Students tested			% proficient
Test	Year	Grade	School	District	State	School	District	State
English Language Arts	2003	3rd Grade	91	4,741	n/a	46.2	32.1	n/a
English Language Arts	2007	3rd Grade	79	3,936	71,311	32	32	59
English Language Arts	2008	3rd Grade	77	3,935	70,284	27	29	56
English Language Arts	2009	3rd Grade	86	3,962	70,675	36	31	57
English Language Arts	2010	3rd Grade	93	3,957	70,622	36	37	63
English Language Arts	2011	3rd Grade	84	3,849	69,978	36	36	61
English Language Arts	2012	3rd Grade	86	4,072	70,709	37	35	61

Source: MA Dept. of Education

About Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System:

The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) is designed to meet the requirements of the Education Reform Law of 1993. This law specifies that the testing program must

test all public school students in Massachusetts, including students with disabilities and limited English proficient students;
measure performance based on the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework learning standards;
report on the performance of individual students, schools, and districts.

As required by the Education Reform Law, students must pass the grade 10 tests in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics as one condition of eligibility for a high school diploma (in addition to fulfilling local requirements).

In addition, the MCAS program is used to hold schools and districts accountable, on a yearly basis, for the progress they have made toward the objective of the No Child Left Behind Law that all students be proficient in Reading and Mathematics by 2014.

Source: Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System: About the MCAS, Mass. Dept. of Education

Total Students (2010 - 2011): 560

African American: 204 (36.4%)
American Indian: 0 (0%)
Asian: 205 (36.6%)
Hispanic: 106 (18.9%)

Pacific Islander: 2 (0.4%)
Two or more races: 23 (4.1%)

White: 20 (3.6%)

Not Specified:0 (0%)

Fulltime teachers: 40.6
Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.7

Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 86.6%

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	110	416	22	59	1	0	0	0	608
1989	98	385	27	57	2	0	0	0	569
1990	104	368	69	61	2	0	0	0	604
1991	111	352	114	57	2	0	0	0	636
1992	105	325	154	46	2	0	0	0	632
1993	88	312	207	32	5	0	0	0	644
1994	71	306	203	26	5	0	0	0	611
1995	82	275	203	26	3	0	0	0	589
1996	82	275	203	26	3	0	0	0	589
1997	74	283	196	32	1	0	0	0	586
1998	71	310	187	36	4	0	0	0	608
1999	64	306	186	33	5	0	0	0	594
2000	50	312	188	32	3	0	0	0	585
2001	35	321	188	40	3	0	0	0	587
2002	26	275	167	47	1	0	0	0	516
2003	26	275	167	47	1	0	0	0	516
2004	21	252	160	46	1	0	0	0	480
2005	17	246	147	54	1	0	0	0	465
2006	13	241	151	64	3	0	0	5	477
2007	16	260	162	87	3	0	0	14	542
2008	17	230	183	88	3	0	0	16	537
2009	16	236	199	90	1	0	21	0	563
2010	14	207	217	86	1	1	23	0	549
2011	20	204	205	106	0	2	23	0	560

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

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