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Gloucester High
Public - Grades: 9-12
District: Gloucester

     32 L O Johnson Rd
     Gloucester, MA  01930-2500   (map)
     (978) 281-9870
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Total Students (2007 - 2008): 1162
Fulltime teachers: 84.2
Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.8
Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 216 ( 19 %)

Type: Regular school
Status: Operational
Locale: Suburb: Large
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Schooldigger Rating:
2 stars

Gloucester High ranks 211th of 339 Massachusetts public high schools.
Schooldigger District Rating:
1 star

Gloucester ranks 268th of 332 Massachusetts school districts.
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Gloucester High - MCAS Test Scores - 10th Grade - English Language Arts

Gloucester High - MCAS Test Scores - 10th Grade - English Language Arts
MCAS% Proficient or Better% Advanced
TestYearGradeStudents TestedSchoolDistrictStateSchoolDistrictState
English Language Arts20031033065.164.26120.32020
English Language Arts200410269616162222219
English Language Arts200510303626065242323
English Language Arts200610264787670151416
English Language Arts200710266737271232222
English Language Arts200810267737174141323
English Language Arts200910272818181252529

Source:  MA Dept. of Education

About the charts
This graph shows three data columns for the “% proficient” perfoming students of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) for each year. The first column is the score for Gloucester High, the second is the district average, and the third is the state average. Each bar represents the total percentage of students who met the standard, but the bar is also divided to represent the students who scored at an advanced level.
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