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Black student results in Needham

Across 4 schools in Needham, 31.1% of Black students meet proficient. That is 5.6 points above the Massachusetts average for Black students.

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72.3%
All students
31.1%
Black
53.6%
Hispanic
73%
White
85.8%
Asian

Average across the 4 schools in Needham 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.

The distance inside one district

Among the 2 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Pollard Middle reports 40.3% of Black students meeting the standard. High Rock School, in the same district, reports 39.3%. That is a 1-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Needham

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.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Pollard Middle 77.4% 40.3% 57.7% 77.6% 91.1%
High Rock School 77.6% 39.3% 59.4% 77.9% 88.2%
John Eliot 66% 25% 36.7% 67.3% 85.4%
Sunita L. Williams Elementary 68.4% 20% 60.5% 69.4% 78.3%

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How to read this. Massachusetts suppresses results for groups with too few students tested — 744 schools have reportable Black student results. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Massachusetts figures should not be compared against another state's.

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