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Black student results in Newton

Across 8 schools in Newton, 34.3% of Black students meet proficient. That is 8.8 points above the Massachusetts average for Black students.

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67.4%
All students
34.3%
Black
48%
Hispanic
68.5%
White
82.3%
Asian

Average across the 8 schools in Newton 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 6 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Charles E Brown Middle reports 44.8% of Black students meeting the standard. Cabot, in the same district, reports 17.2%. That is a 27.6-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Newton

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
Memorial Spaulding 73.8% 70% 62.5% 70.1% 88%
Charles E Brown Middle 78.9% 44.8% 63.2% 80.9% 85.6%
F A Day Middle 70.4% 33.7% 45.6% 70.1% 87.6%
Oak Hill Middle 68.2% 30.1% 43.5% 71.2% 82.7%
Bigelow Middle 68.2% 30% 48% 71.5% 86.4%
Countryside 65% 25% 67.9% 61.3% 84.8%
Zervas 58.7% 23.5% 22.7% 64.7% 77.2%
Cabot 56.2% 17.2% 30.9% 58.6% 66.2%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

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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