Across 16 schools in Cambridge, 29.8% of Black students meet proficient. That is 4.3 points above the Massachusetts average for Black students.
Search Massachusetts schools ›Average across the 16 schools in Cambridge with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
Among the 15 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Martin Luther King Jr. reports 59.4% of Black students meeting the standard. Cambridge Street Upper School, in the same district, reports 14.6%. That is a 44.8-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.
Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. | 80.4% | 59.4% | — | 84.6% | 86.4% |
| Rindge Avenue Upper School | 67.2% | 39.4% | 36.4% | 82.1% | 69.2% |
| Maria L. Baldwin | 83% | 39.3% | 57.7% | 90.8% | 96.4% |
| John M Tobin | 74.5% | 34.2% | — | 83.7% | — |
| Fletcher/Maynard Academy | 35.3% | 30.4% | 20% | — | — |
| Amigos School | 68.8% | 30% | 58.6% | 88% | — |
| Haggerty | 59% | 30% | 50% | 68.6% | 68% |
| Cambridgeport | 63.2% | 29.2% | 43.3% | 78.1% | 67.9% |
| Putnam Avenue Upper School | 57.1% | 28.6% | 26.5% | 74% | 70.8% |
| Graham and Parks Alt | 58.2% | 27.3% | 36.4% | 75.7% | 58.5% |
| Darby Vassall Upper School | 52.7% | 25% | 39.1% | 73.7% | 48.4% |
| Peabody | 56.2% | 25% | 54.5% | 65.6% | 59.4% |
| King Open Alt | 42.7% | 23.2% | 12.5% | 60.5% | 52.5% |
| Morse | 62.3% | 23.2% | 23.1% | 88.5% | 75% |
| Kennedy-Longfellow | 30.3% | 18.8% | 15.8% | 45% | 56% |
| Cambridge Street Upper School | 42.2% | 14.6% | 23.5% | 68.4% | 56% |
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