Academics

MCAS 2021: Percent of Students at Each Achievement Level for Worcester Technical High Compared to the State for 10th Grade English Language Arts

When looking at all of the students at Worcester Technical High School, 17% of students exceeded expectations, 52% met expectations, 26% partially met expectations, and 6% did not meet expectations. When looking at all students in Massachusetts, 19% of students exceeded expectations, 45% of students met expectations, 27% of students partially met expectations, and 9% did not meet expectations. Overall, WTHS followed the trends of the state while performing a few percentage points better in all categories.


MCAS 2021: Percent of Students at Each Achievement Level for Worcester Technical High Compared the the State for 10th Grade Mathematics

When looking at all of the students at Worcester Technical High School, 8% of students exceeded expectations, 44% met expectations, 40% partially met expectations, and 8% did not meet expectations. When looking at all students in Massachusetts, 11% of students exceeded expectations, 41% of students met expectations, 36% of students partially met expectations, and 12% did not meet expectations. Overall, WTHS followed the trends of the state while performing a few percentage points better in all categories.


Grade Nine Passing Data

According to the DESE website, the percentage of grade nine students who passed all of their courses is 87.3%. When comparing male to female students there is no significant difference with percentages of 87.2% (male) and 87.3% (female). Economically disadvantaged students pass at a slightly higher rate of 87.9% when compared to the overall, and high needs slightly lower at 87.1%. English Language Learners have the lowest all course passing rate of 79.6%. African American students have a passing rate of 82.5%, Asian students 93.1%, Hispanic or Latino students 88.7%, Multi-race or non Hispanic or Latino 100%, and White 85.9%.

References

  1. https://profiles.doe.mass.edu/mcas/achievement_level.aspx?linkid=32&orgcode=03480605&orgtypecode=6&