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Black student results in Somerville

Across 6 schools in Somerville, 17.1% of Black students meet proficient. That is 8.4 points below the Massachusetts average for Black students.

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37.2%
All students
17.1%
Black
9%
Hispanic
52.9%
White
46.8%
Asian

Average across the 6 schools in Somerville 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 5 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, West Somerville Neighborhood reports 26.1% of Black students meeting the standard. Winter Hill Community, in the same district, reports 2.1%. That is a 24-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Somerville

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
Benjamin G Brown 69.7% 30% 72.1% 65%
West Somerville Neighborhood 45.2% 26.1% 2.3% 50.9% 26.7%
Arthur D Healey 26.9% 21.4% 9.2% 53.5%
E Somerville Community 24% 19.4% 15.2% 44.7% 57.4%
Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park 39.5% 3.8% 10.6% 58.3% 56.2%
Winter Hill Community 17.9% 2.1% 7.8% 37.7% 28.6%

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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