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Bowen

Public | Grades: KG-5 | 450 students

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Public | Grades: KG-5 | 450 students
District: Newton

280 Cypress St
Newton Centre, MA 02459-1314

(617) 559-9330

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Bowen:

SchoolDigger Ranks Bowen 65th of 890 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See school ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Newton 46th 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	78.8	85.8	20^th	883	97.7%
2004	87.0	94.0	4^th	911	99.6%
2005	78.0	78.0	40^th	918	95.6%
2006	81.0	87.0	7^th	899	99.2%
2007	85.5	83.5	22^nd	898	97.6%
2008	84.0	80.5	33^rd	898	96.3%
2009	83.0	77.0	55^th	895	93.9%
2010	86.5	84.0	19^th	903	97.9%
2011	86.5	83.5	24^th	895	97.3%
2012	83.0	80.5	65^th	890	92.7%

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

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Public | Grades: KG-5 | 450 students
District: Newton

280 Cypress St
Newton Centre, MA 02459-1314

(617) 559-9330

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MCAS			Students tested			% proficient
Test	Year	Grade	School	District	State	School	District	State
English Language Arts	2003	3rd Grade	55	827	n/a	78.2	83.2	n/a
English Language Arts	2007	3rd Grade	62	894	71,311	77	76	59
English Language Arts	2008	3rd Grade	72	893	70,284	84	75	56
English Language Arts	2009	3rd Grade	78	941	70,675	73	76	57
English Language Arts	2010	3rd Grade	70	926	70,622	82	79	63
English Language Arts	2011	3rd Grade	84	1,008	69,978	78	78	61
English Language Arts	2012	3rd Grade	72	921	70,709	89	80	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): 450

African American: 28 (6.2%)
American Indian: 0 (0%)
Asian: 84 (18.7%)
Hispanic: 31 (6.9%)

Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
Two or more races: 43 (9.6%)

White: 264 (58.7%)

Not Specified:0 (0%)

Fulltime teachers: 23.2
Student/Teacher Ratio: 19.3

Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 8.2%

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	304	31	24	5	0	0	0	364
1989	303	37	19	7	0	0	0	366
1990	332	39	23	9	0	0	0	403
1991	347	28	24	14	0	0	0	413
1992	350	31	31	14	0	0	0	426
1993	346	31	39	12	0	0	0	428
1994	340	25	37	8	0	0	0	410
1995	341	45	22	13	0	0	0	421
1996	341	45	22	13	0	0	0	421
1997	321	24	51	14	0	0	0	410
1998	315	24	54	16	0	0	0	409
1999	291	29	53	17	0	0	0	390
2000	271	32	52	21	1	0	0	377
2001	259	33	71	19	1	0	0	383
2002	225	21	73	17	0	0	0	336
2003	225	21	73	17	0	0	0	336
2004	227	18	77	13	0	0	0	335
2005	240	18	97	20	0	0	0	375
2006	232	16	78	36	0	0	24	386
2007	256	15	83	34	0	0	24	412
2008	256	20	82	35	0	0	35	428
2009	254	22	89	35	0	35	0	435
2010	266	25	85	39	0	40	0	455
2011	264	28	84	31	0	43	0	450

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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