State Gives Weymouth 8 Schools Level 2 Status

WEYMOUTH, MA - A new report has eight Weymouth public schools in the state’s second tier.

Recently released, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education report classified Murphy Elementary, Nash Elementary, Pingree Elementary, Search Elementary, Talbot Elementary, Wessagusset Elementary, Adams Middle, and Weymouth High School as Level 2 schools.

Academy Avenue Elementary was the only school in Weymouth to earn Level 1 status.

All schools in the state and districts are classified into five levels with one being the highest and five being the lowest.

Below are each school’s score on the Cumulative Progress and Performance Index (PPI). Each school is scored on a scale of 0 to 99.

• Academy Avenue: 70
• Frederick C Murphy: 40
• Thomas V Nash: 33
• Lawrence W Pingree: 36
• William Seach: 20
• Ralph Talbot: 58
• Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School: 26
• Wessagusset: 54
• Abigail Adams Middle School: 31
  
• Maria Weston Chapman Middle School: 16
• Weymouth High School: 37

Chapman Middle School and Hamilton Primary School were named a level 3 schools. Since school districts are usually classified by their lowest performing school, Weymouth was named a Level 3 district.

The progress and performance index combines information about narrowing proficiency gaps, growth, and graduation and dropout rates over multiple years into a single number, according to the DESE. All districts, schools, and student subgroups receive an annual PPI based on improvement over a two-year period and a cumulative score based on four years of data. For a group to be considered to be making progress toward narrowing proficiency gaps, its cumulative PPI must be 75 or higher.

Click here to see the full detailed report.