Every year, each public school in Massachusetts receives a report card. Just as your child’s report card shows how they are doing in different subjects, the school’s report card is designed to show families how our school is doing in different areas. A link to our school’s report card is available here - 2024 School Report Card - Peirce.

The report card includes multiple measures of a school’s performance – more than just MCAS scores. It represents varied ways of looking at school performance by providing information on student achievement, teacher qualifications, student learning opportunities, and more.

Report cards are designed to be useful tools for everyone connected to our school. Families can use the information to have meaningful conversations with us about what the school is doing well and where there is room for improvement. Community and education leaders can use the information to better understand how to support students and our school.

You will notice on our report card that Peirce continues to meet and/or exceed expectations for state accountability measures. We currently perform better than 85% of elementary and middle schools across the state. You may note an impressive performance for fifth grade students meeting or exceeding benchmarks on the Science, Technology, and Engineering MCAS last year. This is 24 percentage points higher than the district average and 46 percentage points above the state.

Unfortunately, Peirce has been classified as “Requiring Assistance or Intervention” by DESE due to a low assessment participation rate on MCAS for students with disabilities last year. In Massachusetts, if the assessment participation rate for any student group with 20 or more students enrolled falls below 95%, the school must be classified as requiring assistance or intervention. At Peirce, the students who did not participate in this student group were “opted out” of testing by their caregivers. Please note that although opting out is not officially allowed by the state, we cannot require students to sit for the test. This coming spring, we are hoping to have increased participation in MCAS and will thus be able to improve our accountability classification with DESE.

If you have questions about our school’s report card, would like to become involved in school improvement activities, or would like to request information about the qualifications of your child’s classroom teacher, please feel free to reach out ([email protected]). To see our district’s report card or to search for other schools’ report cards, visit reportcards.doe.mass.edu.