2025 MCAS Performance Dashboard — Data from Massachusetts DESE
42%
ELA Proficient Grades 3-8
41%
Math Proficient Grades 3-8
$21,886
Per Pupil Spending
-6.4%
Traditional Public School
58%
Not Proficient ELA Statewide
59%
Not Proficient Math Statewide
230
Districts Below 50% Proficiency
65%
Districts Under Half Proficient
+27%
Spending Above Required
56%
Homeschool Growth 2019-25
Current MCAS Performance (2025)
District Performance Distribution — ELA
System-wide failure: 230 of 352 districts (65%) have fewer than half of students meeting standards. Only 6 districts achieve 75%+ proficiency.
-6.4%
Traditional Public Schools
+56%
Homeschooling Increase
+18%
Vocational-Tech Growth
+11%
Charter School Enrollment
K-12 Enrollment Change (2019-2025)
Families voting with their feet: Traditional public schools lost 6.4% enrollment while homeschooling exploded 56%. Parents are fleeing a failing system.
-10pts
ELA (Gr 3-8) vs 2019
-8pts
Math (Gr 3-8) vs 2019
-10pts
ELA (Gr 10) vs 2019
-14pts
Math (Gr 10) vs 2019
MCAS % Meeting/Exceeding Expectations (2019 vs 2024 vs 2025)
Five years post-pandemic, no recovery: Scores remain catastrophically below 2019 levels. Grade 10 math dropped from 59% to 45% — a 14-point collapse.
Grade 10 Score Changes (2024→2025)
High School Chronic Absenteeism by Group
30.2%
Gateway Cities ELA Average
27.3%
Gateway Cities Math Average
45.1%
Rest of State ELA Average
15pts
Achievement Gap
Gateway Cities vs. Rest of State
Persistent inequality: Gateway Cities lag 15-16 percentage points behind the rest of Massachusetts in both ELA and Math.
Gateway City Performance (MCAS 2025)
Holyoke catastrophe: Only 6% of students meet math expectations — the worst in the state. Lawrence and Lynn also in crisis.
$21,886
Per-Pupil Spending 2024
+27%
Above Required Minimum
42%
Students Proficient ELA
No Gain
Achievement Despite Spending
Per-Pupil Spending vs. Achievement (2022-2025)
Money isn't the answer: Spending increased from $19,712 to $22,500 (+14%), yet ELA proficiency barely moved (39%→42%) and Math stayed flat at 41%.
11.6%
Asian Chronic Absent
18.3%
White Chronic Absent
38.3%
Hispanic/EL Chronic Absent
27pts
Gap Between Groups
High School Chronic Absenteeism by Group
Grade 10 Score Changes (2024→2025)
Universal decline after requirement removed: Every single student group saw Grade 10 scores drop in 2025 after MCAS graduation requirement was eliminated.