Information Services - Statistical Reports
District Retention Rates by Grade, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001
| PK | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Acton | 2000-01 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1999-00 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Acushnet | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.7 | ||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |||||
| Agawam | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Amesbury | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 19.2 | 16.9 | 15.0 | 0.0 | |
| Amherst | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Andover | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | |
| Arlington | 2000-01 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 3.3 | |
| 1999-00 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | ||
| Ashland | 2000-01 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1999-00 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Attleboro | 2000-01 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 1999-00 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | |
| Auburn | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Avon | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 3.4 | |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ayer | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 2.5 | |
| Barnstable | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 14.4 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | ||
| Bedford | 2000-01 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
| 1999-00 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | ||
| Belchertown | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | |
| Bellingham | 2000-01 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |
| Belmont | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 2.7 | |
| Berkley | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Berlin | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Beverly | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 17.6 | 10.0 | 14.5 | 4.7 | |
| Billerica | 2000-01 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.2 | |
| 1999-00 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.3 | ||
| Boston | 2000-01 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 8.7 | 4.0 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 25.5 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 7.6 |
| 1999-00 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 8.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 17.5 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 6.7 | |
| Bourne | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 | |
| Boxborough | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1999-00 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Boxford | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1999-00 | 1.3 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Boylston | 2000-01 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1999-00 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Braintree | 2000-01 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 0.3 | |
| 1999-00 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 1.5 | ||
| Brewster | 2000-01 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Brimfield | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1999-00 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Brockton | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 19.0 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 4.4 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 32.1 | 15.4 | 5.2 | 0.7 | |
| Brookfield | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Brookline | 2000-01 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | |
| 1999-00 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||
| Burlington | 2000-01 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
| 1999-00 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Cambridge | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Canton | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Carlisle | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Carver | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 0.8 | |
| Chatham | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 8.9 | 6.4 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chelmsford | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| 1999-00 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | ||
| Chelsea | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 9.7 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 10.2 | 7.8 | 38.1 | 18.5 | 12.2 | 9.9 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 10.5 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 41.4 | 27.4 | 18.1 | 12.6 | |
| Chicopee | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 22.4 | 12.4 | 9.7 | 2.7 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 25.7 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 3.5 | |
| Clarksburg | 2000-01 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Clinton | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Cohasset | 2000-01 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Concord | 2000-01 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1999-00 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Conway | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Danvers | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dartmouth | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dedham | 2000-01 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 4.3 | 0.6 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 10.2 | 0.0 | |
| Deerfield | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Douglas | 2000-01 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dover | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Dracut | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
| Duxbury | 2000-01 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1999-00 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
The Department did not collect grade retention data in 1997.