MCAS high school biology exam passing rates

Here are the passing rates for school districts on the 2007 MCAS high school biology exam, given in the spring of 2007. To pass a student must score "needs improvement" or higher. Beginning with the class of 2010 (current 10th graders), students must pass at least one of the four high school science tests in order to get their diplomas. Not every school participated in all four exams. Source: State Department of Education.

HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY
2007 Rank	District name	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs improv.	% Failing	Number tested	% Passed
1	Hatfield	0	63	38	0	24	100
2	Dover-Sherborn Regional	47	50	3	1	154	99
2	Harvard	26	61	12	1	92	99
2	Needham	31	57	11	1	374	99
2	Norwell	34	49	17	1	170	99
6	Canton	28	55	15	2	206	98
6	Medfield	36	54	8	2	213	98
6	Mystic Valley Regional Charter	7	46	44	2	54	98
6	West Bridgewater	7	60	31	2	106	98
6	Westford	40	51	7	2	386	98
11	Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter	5	61	32	3	38	97
11	Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter	4	50	43	3	68	97
11	Sturgis Charter	15	58	25	3	106	97
11	Wayland	36	46	15	3	230	97
11	Winchester	30	56	11	3	273	97
16	Duxbury	30	48	19	4	258	96
16	Longmeadow	14	57	25	4	265	96
16	North Attleborough	31	56	9	4	270	96
16	Northampton	19	56	21	4	199	96
16	Walpole	29	60	6	4	95	96
21	Danvers	7	61	27	5	264	95
21	Lunenburg	8	59	28	5	128	95
21	Lynnfield	22	52	21	5	155	95
21	Marblehead	32	42	21	5	268	95
21	Narragansett Regional	12	58	25	5	121	95
21	North Reading	20	53	23	5	208	95
21	Sabis International Charter	4	39	51	5	114	95
28	Billerica	10	56	28	6	392	94
28	Hingham	21	51	22	6	261	94
28	MATCH Charter Public High	11	56	28	6	54	94
28	Maynard	8	47	39	6	83	94
28	Mendon-Upton Regional	13	53	28	6	178	94
28	Millis	21	50	23	6	84	94
28	Northboro-Southboro Regional	10	56	28	6	357	94
28	Weston	24	54	16	6	158	94
28	Westwood	26	51	18	6	200	94
37	Acton-Boxborough Regional	32	48	14	7	458	93
37	Ashland	11	54	27	7	180	93
37	Brookline	17	49	27	7	178	93
37	Concord-Carlisle Regional	9	62	22	7	210	93
37	Dedham	20	49	25	7	182	93
37	Four Rivers Charter	7	53	33	7	30	93
37	Hadley	2	56	36	7	45	93
37	Hamilton-Wenham Regional	12	52	29	7	353	93
37	Nauset Regional	4	57	31	7	194	93
37	Pembroke	10	58	25	7	238	93
37	Pioneer Valley Regional	7	52	34	7	61	93
37	Sharon	24	49	20	7	254	93
37	Sutton	9	48	36	7	98	93
50	Grafton	18	49	25	8	346	92
50	Granby	0	38	55	8	77	92
50	Hopedale	10	49	33	8	88	92
50	Ipswich	9	57	27	8	162	92
50	Littleton	13	57	23	8	92	92
50	Mansfield	12	51	29	8	324	92
50	Old Rochester Regional	5	51	35	8	172	92
50	Shawsheen Valley Voc.	2	43	48	8	321	92
50	Wakefield	17	55	20	8	216	92
59	Berlin-Boylston Regional	14	55	23	9	88	91
59	Clinton	9	57	25	9	127	91
59	Framingham	21	48	23	9	536	91
59	Freetown-Lakeville Regional	10	47	34	9	222	91
59	Groton-Dunstable Regional	22	45	25	9	211	91
59	Hopkinton	18	47	26	9	223	91
59	Lincoln-Sudbury Regional	15	51	25	9	405	91
59	Norfolk County Agricultural	3	41	47	9	116	91
59	Westborough	30	46	14	9	269	91
68	Abby Kelley Foster Charter	16	42	32	10	31	90
68	East Longmeadow	18	47	25	10	408	90
68	Marshfield	10	48	31	10	366	90
68	Nashoba Regional	19	46	25	10	213	90
68	Quaboag Regional	1	43	46	10	84	90
68	Rockport	9	45	37	10	104	90
68	South Hadley	5	45	41	10	190	90
68	West Boylston	12	44	34	10	91	90
76	Avon	7	54	28	11	61	89
76	Dudley-Charlton Regional	11	49	29	11	294	89
76	Lexington	29	42	18	11	484	89
76	Manchester Essex Regional	21	48	21	11	102	89
76	Masconomet Regional	21	40	29	11	360	89
76	Medway	9	44	36	11	212	89
76	Newburyport	6	51	32	11	178	89
76	Prospect Hill Academy Charter	3	39	47	11	70	89
76	Somerset	7	40	42	11	255	89
85	Bristol County Agricultural	1	45	43	12	101	88
85	Holliston	9	47	32	12	198	88
85	Weymouth	16	42	30	12	451	88
88	Belchertown	4	51	32	13	179	87
88	Georgetown	10	38	39	13	108	87
88	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	9	46	32	13	350	87
88	Martha's Vineyard Regional	6	42	39	13	238	87
88	Sandwich	8	47	32	13	264	87
93	Abington	9	45	32	14	146	86
93	Andover	0	38	48	14	66	86
93	Francis W. Parker Charter	2	33	51	14	49	86
93	Franklin	20	48	18	14	391	86
93	Millbury	9	39	38	14	140	86
93	Mohawk Trail Regional	6	31	49	14	85	86
93	North Andover	16	44	26	14	369	86
93	South Shore Charter	6	29	51	14	35	86
93	Stoughton	3	37	45	14	298	86
93	Tyngsborough	11	50	25	14	138	86
103	Adams-Cheshire Regional	11	44	30	15	142	85
103	Douglas	2	43	40	15	110	85
103	Easton	16	44	24	15	278	85
103	Falmouth	16	38	31	15	280	85
103	Gill-Montague Regional	5	42	38	15	84	85
103	Gloucester	4	41	40	15	217	85
103	Hampshire Regional	7	30	47	15	136	85
103	Mashpee	7	43	34	15	151	85
103	Norton	4	38	43	15	164	85
103	Reading	16	43	26	15	311	85
103	Shrewsbury	16	41	28	15	383	85
103	Stoneham	6	42	37	15	193	85
103	Swansea	3	46	35	15	123	85
103	Triton Regional	6	47	32	15	208	85
117	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional	8	37	39	16	241	84
117	Leicester	3	43	38	16	126	84
117	Pentucket Regional	18	37	29	16	185	84
117	Southern Worcester County Voc.	2	31	50	16	268	84
117	Swampscott	10	47	28	16	180	84
117	Wachusett Regional	6	48	30	16	450	84
117	Whitman-Hanson	5	51	28	16	264	84
124	Arlington	18	38	28	17	280	83
124	Beverly	7	41	36	17	229	83
124	Foxborough	11	45	28	17	224	83
124	King Philip Regional	4	39	40	17	258	83
124	Leominster	6	39	38	17	490	83
124	Milton	5	43	35	17	296	83
124	North Central Charter	3	28	52	17	58	83
124	Wilmington	12	40	30	17	225	83
124	Woburn	9	34	41	17	325	83
133	Amesbury	4	46	32	18	153	82
133	Burlington	13	39	30	18	264	82
133	Chelsea	5	33	44	18	262	82
133	Melrose	13	36	33	18	214	82
133	Newton	7	45	31	18	388	82
133	Peabody	5	38	39	18	466	82
133	Saugus	10	37	35	18	243	82
133	Silver Lake Regional	5	34	43	18	256	82
133	Southern Berkshire Regional	2	31	49	18	55	82
142	Ayer	2	31	48	19	109	81
142	Barnstable	12	38	31	19	368	81
142	Chelmsford	9	38	34	19	411	81
142	Lenox	16	35	29	19	62	81
142	Norwood	14	39	28	19	238	81
142	Quabbin Regional	4	39	39	19	221	81
142	Salem	2	32	47	19	312	81
142	Scituate	8	38	35	19	192	81
142	Tewksbury	7	42	32	19	403	81
142	Winchendon	2	40	38	19	99	81
152	Amherst-Pelham Regional	19	36	24	20	181	80
152	Carver	3	37	39	20	142	80
152	Frontier Regional	2	34	44	20	104	80
152	Hanover	7	42	31	20	183	80
152	Lee	4	44	32	20	81	80
152	Milford	9	38	33	20	276	80
152	Northbridge	3	36	41	20	154	80
152	Northern Berkshire Voc.	1	27	52	20	132	80
152	Plymouth	4	40	37	20	572	80
152	Wareham	8	33	39	20	209	80
152	Winthrop	2	35	42	20	128	80
163	Agawam	2	33	44	21	314	79
163	Blackstone Valley Regional	0	30	49	21	128	79
163	Central Berkshire Regional	1	34	44	21	142	79
163	Cohasset	3	25	51	21	63	79
163	Foxborough Regional Charter	0	58	21	21	19	79
163	Gardner	6	30	43	21	247	79
163	Medford	6	30	43	21	365	79
163	North Adams	1	33	46	21	129	79
163	Pittsfield	5	37	37	21	478	79
163	Quincy	7	34	39	21	614	79
173	Braintree	10	32	36	22	346	78
173	Bristol-Plymouth Voc.	1	23	53	22	291	78
173	Chatham	0	6	72	22	18	78
173	Monson	1	39	38	22	100	78
173	Ware	0	37	41	22	51	78
178	City On A Hill Charter	0	12	65	23	57	77
178	Dartmouth	2	37	38	23	269	77
178	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional	4	42	31	23	230	77
178	Greenfield	0	39	39	23	101	77
178	Malden	7	32	38	23	340	77
178	Middleborough	7	30	40	23	211	77
178	Old Colony Reg Voc.	1	29	47	23	148	77
185	Athol-Royalston Regional	4	26	47	24	85	76
185	Haverhill	4	35	37	24	395	76
185	Ralph C. Mahar Regional	3	28	45	24	100	76
185	Tantasqua Regional	4	36	37	24	300	76
185	Webster	0	36	40	24	126	76
185	Whittier Voc.	0	20	56	24	255	76
191	Auburn	6	31	38	25	141	75
191	Dracut	3	34	38	25	268	75
191	Fairhaven	14	39	22	25	139	75
191	Harwich	1	38	36	25	107	75
191	Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter	0	13	63	25	24	75
191	Palmer	1	37	36	25	110	75
197	Franklin County Voc.	2	19	54	26	125	74
197	Ludlow	4	30	41	26	301	74
197	Nantucket	12	31	31	26	68	74
197	South Shore Regional Voc.	1	28	45	26	137	74
197	Taunton	4	33	37	26	418	74
202	Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter	9	18	45	27	11	73
202	Greater Fall River Voc.	1	23	49	27	342	73
202	West Springfield	4	35	34	27	264	73
205	Blackstone-Millville Regional	5	33	33	28	177	72
205	Bourne	1	33	39	28	160	72
205	Minuteman Voc. Tech	1	18	53	28	144	72
205	Seekonk	3	42	27	28	146	72
209	Fitchburg	1	29	41	29	289	71
209	Marlborough	6	32	33	29	212	71
209	Watertown	3	31	37	29	122	71
212	Attleboro	2	24	44	30	419	70
212	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional	10	29	31	30	247	70
212	Easthampton	2	17	51	30	122	70
212	Methuen	1	23	47	30	365	70
212	Oxford	2	23	46	30	128	70
212	South Middlesex Regional Voc.	2	26	42	30	159	70
212	Waltham	4	27	38	30	341	70
219	Community Charter School of Cambridge	0	20	49	31	45	69
219	North Middlesex Regional	4	32	33	31	275	69
219	Rockland	1	25	42	31	179	69
222	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional	6	25	37	32	314	68
222	Chicopee	3	23	42	32	573	68
222	Essex Agricultural Tech	1	20	47	32	102	68
222	North Brookfield	0	22	46	32	59	68
222	Tri County Voc.	0	13	55	32	230	68
222	Uxbridge	0	20	48	32	110	68
228	East Bridgewater	3	29	35	33	157	67
228	Westfield	2	31	34	33	380	67
230	Gateway Regional	2	20	44	34	61	66
230	Montachusett Regional Voc.	0	9	57	34	321	66
232	Hudson	2	22	41	35	135	65
232	New Bedford	4	28	34	35	391	65
232	North Shore Regional Voc.	2	2	61	35	51	65
232	Somerville	4	22	38	35	491	65
232	Southwick-Tolland Regional	2	25	37	35	158	65
237	Fall River	3	26	36	36	487	64
237	Nashoba Valley Voc.	1	18	46	36	138	64
237	Phoenix Charter Academy	0	7	57	36	14	64
237	Provincetown	0	5	59	36	22	64
241	Brockton	1	20	42	37	879	63
241	Cape Cod Region Voc.	0	24	39	37	179	63
241	Hull	0	23	40	37	65	63
244	Assabet Valley Regional	0	18	44	38	222	62
245	Berkshire Hills Regional	6	23	32	39	142	61
245	Northeast Metro Voc.	0	17	44	39	486	61
247	Bellingham	2	21	36	40	173	60
247	Health Careers Academy Charter	2	14	44	40	43	60
249	Boston	5	23	30	41	3,206	59
250	Greater Lowell Voc.	1	17	40	42	478	58
251	Blue Hills Regional Voc.	0	7	50	43	107	57
251	Upper Cape Cod Voc.	1	10	47	43	143	57
253	Holbrook	0	6	50	44	48	56
253	Northampton-Smith	0	5	51	44	114	56
253	Worcester	2	13	41	44	2,207	56
256	Southeastern Reg Voc.	0	9	46	45	304	55
257	Holyoke	1	15	38	46	925	54
257	Randolph	4	17	33	46	204	54
257	Westport	0	22	32	46	127	54
260	Lynn	1	14	38	47	939	53
260	Southbridge	0	13	40	47	116	53
262	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional	0	12	39	49	180	51
263	Everett	2	14	33	51	452	49
264	Greater New Bedford Voc.	0	11	37	52	526	48
265	Greater Lawrence Regional Voc.	0	7	39	54	658	46
266	Pathfinder Voc.	0	8	36	55	132	45
267	Lowell	0	8	36	57	529	43
268	Lawrence	0	5	37	58	750	42
269	Springfield	1	10	29	59	1,424	41
270	New Leadership Charter	0	0	36	64	25	36
271	Cambridge	0	0	35	65	20	35
272	Academy of Strategic Learning Charter	0	0	16	84	19	16