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Only 47% of Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public District students meet or exceed English MCAS expectations in 2021-2022 school year

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Of the 132 students who took part in the MCAS, 44% met the testing standard while 3% exceeded expectations, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The number of Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public District students who met or exceeded expectations grew by 14.8% from the previous school year.

Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public District roughly covers schools within Hampshire County and has a main office in South Hadley.

In 2022, 400,101 students took the English Language Arts test in Massachusetts with 165,044 students passing, 9.4% less than the year before.

According to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's 2022 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), the average scale score for grade 10 English language arts was 503, which met the expectation level, while the average scale score for grade 10 science was 499, which only partially met the expectation level.

Massachusetts ranks 5th in the ranking of the best and worst public schools from Scholaroo. School systems were evaluated on three factors — student achievement, student safety, and the quality of school education.

Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public District Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in English Language Arts During 2022
School NameStudents who met standards (%)Students who exceed standards (%)
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School44%3%

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