How is Happy Hollow School Performing?

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has released its report card of the Happy Hollow Elementary School.

For highlights, see below. For the full report: see this and this.

MCAS Scores

Science: in 2013, the percentage of students scoring proficient or above in MCAS dropped from 72 to 70. Statewide, that figure remained flat at 54.

Math: in 2013, the percentage of students scoring proficient or above in MCAS stayed flat at 71. Statewide, that figure jumped from 59 to 62. 

English Language Arts: In 2013, the percentage of students scoring proficient or above in MCAS dropped to 75 from 80. Statewide, that figure to 61 from 62.

Progress toward narrowing achievement gap: High needs and students with disabilities did not meet their target.

Overall, Happy Hollow remains a Level 2 school. As a result, the school will continue to give additional support to high needs students and those with learning disabilities, according to a school-wide announcement. The school is also offering extra work in math and ELA programs. “Sometimes student progress consists of a process that can take longer than one state testing period allows, but know that with all of these interventions in place, our students are moving toward meeting our gap-narrowing goals,” principal James Lee wrote to the Happy Hollow community in an announcement about the report card.

-The school and is in the 81st percentile of highest performing schools meaning it performs better than 81 percent of the schools statewide.