Ralph C Mahar Reg School in Orange, Massachusetts (MA)

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507 SOUTH MAIN STREET
Orange, MA 1364

County name: Franklin
School type: Regular School
Grade span: 7th grade - 12th grade

Status: Operational
Phone: (978) 544-2542 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.573
Longitude: -072.305320

Enrollment in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

2007 Student Enrollment: 747
7th grade Enrollment : 143
8th grade Enrollment : 138
9th grade Enrollment : 121
10th grade Enrollment : 133
11th grade Enrollment : 122
12th grade Enrollment : 89
Special grade Enrollment : 1

Male students (%): 54.8%

Here:	54.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 45.2%

This school:	45.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 90.4%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	90.4%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 1.3%

This school:	1.3%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 1.9%

Here:	1.9%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 1.1%

Here:	1.1%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.10%

Here:	0.10%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 5.2%

Here:	5.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	1.9%

Genders in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Grades in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Races in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

First Language Not English # : 16
Special Education # : 127
Low-Income # : 315
Free Lunch # : 255
Reduced Lunch # : 60

First Language Not English %: 2.1%

Here:	2.1%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Special Education %: 17.0%

Here:	17.0%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 42.2%

Here:	42.2%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 34.1%

Here:	34.1%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 8.0%

Here:	8.0%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 710
7th grade Enrollment : 138
8th grade Enrollment : 123
9th grade Enrollment : 138
10th grade Enrollment : 118
11th grade Enrollment : 114
12th grade Enrollment : 77
Special grade Enrollment : 2

Male students (%): 52.7%

This school:	52.7%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 47.3%

Here:	47.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 92.3%

Here:	92.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 0.8%

Here:	0.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 3.2%

Here:	3.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Asian students (%): 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 3.1%

Here:	3.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	1.6%

Genders in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Grades in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Races in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

First Language Not English # : 13
Special Education # : 125
Low-Income # : 259

First Language Not English %: 1.8%

This school:	1.8%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Special Education %: 17.6%

This school:	17.6%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 36.5%

This school:	36.5%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 699
7th grade Enrollment : 123
8th grade Enrollment : 127
9th grade Enrollment : 142
10th grade Enrollment : 108
11th grade Enrollment : 108
12th grade Enrollment : 88
Special grade Enrollment : 3

White students (%): 93.7%

Here:	93.7%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 2.3%

Here:	2.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 2.1%

Here:	2.1%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 1.3%

This school:	1.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.60%

Here:	0.60%
State average from 1746 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 50.9%

Here:	50.9%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 49.1%

Here:	49.1%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Races in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

First Language Not English # : 9
Special Education # : 128
Low-Income # : 254

First Language Not English %: 1.3%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	1.3%
State average from 1573 schools:	14.2%

Special Education %: 18.3%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	18.3%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 36.3%

This school:	36.3%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 719
7th grade Enrollment : 123
8th grade Enrollment : 160
9th grade Enrollment : 118
10th grade Enrollment : 101
11th grade Enrollment : 114
12th grade Enrollment : 102
Special grade Enrollment : 1

White students (%): 92.1%

Here:	92.1%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 2.6%

Here:	2.6%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 2.6%

This school:	2.6%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 1.9%

Here:	1.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.70%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	0.70%
State average from 1729 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.8%

Here:	49.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.2%

This school:	50.2%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

Grades in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Races in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Special Education # : 107
Low-Income # : 282

Special Education %: 14.9%

Here:	14.9%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 39.2%

Here:	39.2%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 729
7th grade Enrollment : 162
8th grade Enrollment : 143
9th grade Enrollment : 119
10th grade Enrollment : 106
11th grade Enrollment : 114
12th grade Enrollment : 85

White students (%): 92.7%

Here:	92.7%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 2.2%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	2.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 2.7%

This school:	2.7%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 2.2%

Here:	2.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native American students (%): 0.10%

Here:	0.10%
State average from 1634 schools:	0.36%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 51.3%

Here:	51.3%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 48.7%

This school:	48.7%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

Grades in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Races in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Low-Income # : 267

Low-Income %: 36.6%

Here:	36.6%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 720
8th grade Enrollment : 143
9th grade Enrollment : 136
10th grade Enrollment : 134
11th grade Enrollment : 118
12th grade Enrollment : 94
Special grade Enrollment : 95

White students (%): 93.6%

Here:	93.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 2.9%

Here:	2.9%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 1.8%

This school:	1.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 1.7%

Here:	1.7%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.4%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	49.4%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.6%

Here:	50.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Races in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Low-Income # : 220

Low-Income %: 30.6%

Here:	30.6%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 753
8th grade Enrollment : 147
9th grade Enrollment : 143
10th grade Enrollment : 154
11th grade Enrollment : 113
12th grade Enrollment : 114
Special grade Enrollment : 82

White students (%): 94.0%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	94.0%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 3.2%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	3.2%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 1.9%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	1.9%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 50.2%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	50.2%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 49.8%

Here:	49.8%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

Grades in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Races in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

First Language Not English # : 7
Low-Income # : 224

First Language Not English %: 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1347 schools:	14.1%

Low-Income %: 29.7%

Here:	29.7%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

Out-of-School Suspensions count : 141

Average number of Absences: 10.7

Here:	10.7
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 93.7%

Here:	93.7%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 18.9%

Here:	18.9%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 10.5

Average number of Absences: 19.0

Here:	19.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 4.3%

Here:	4.3%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.7%

Here:	93.7%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 9.1

Average number of Absences: 26.0

Here:	26.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 5.8%

Here:	5.8%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 94.0%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	94.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 9.5

Average number of Absences: 27.0

Here:	27.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 6.2%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	6.2%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.9%

Here:	93.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 9.6
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 83

Average number of Absences: 30.0

Here:	30.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 7.1%

Here:	7.1%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 94.2%

Here:	94.2%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 11.4%

Here:	11.4%
State average from 742 schools:	6.8%

Teacher Count in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

Student/Teacher Ratio in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 61
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 51

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 89.4%

Here:	89.4%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 93.4%

Here:	93.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.3

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	12.3
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 57
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 47

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 95.8%

This school:	95.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 94.9%

Here:	94.9%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.5

This school:	12.5
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 54
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 45

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 88.6%

Here:	88.6%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 87.0%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	87.0%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.9

Here:	12.9
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 51
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 41

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 84.0%

Here:	84.0%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 81.8%

This school:	81.8%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 14.0

Here:	14.0
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

SAT Results in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 45

Reading: 513.0

This school:	513.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 512.0

Here:	512.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 524.0

Here:	524.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 46

Reading: 485.0

Here:	485.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 483.0

Here:	483.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 511.0

Here:	511.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 495.0

Here:	495.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 516.0

Here:	516.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 52.0

This school:	52.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

MCAS Results in Ralph C Mahar Reg School

2007 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 118
Warning / Failing - English : 5
Needs Improvement - English : 15
Proficiency - English : 73
Advanced - English : 25

Students Tested - Math : 117
Warning / Failing - Math : 7
Needs Improvement - Math : 23
Proficiency - Math : 29
Advanced - Math : 58

MCAS English Results - Ralph C Mahar Reg School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 93.9

Here:	93.9
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 13.0%

Here:	13.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 62.0%

This school:	62.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Advanced - English (%): 21.0%

Here:	21.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

MCAS Math Results - Ralph C Mahar Reg School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 88.2

Here:	88.2
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 6.0%

Here:	6.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 20.0%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	20.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 25.0%

This school:	25.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Advanced - Math (%): 50.0%

Here:	50.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

2006 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 99
Warning / Failing - English : 5
Needs Improvement - English : 13
Proficiency - English : 40
Advanced - English : 41

Students Tested - Math : 100
Warning / Failing - Math : 6
Needs Improvement - Math : 20
Proficiency - Math : 31
Advanced - Math : 43

MCAS English Results - Ralph C Mahar Reg School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 91.9

Here:	91.9
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 5.0%

Here:	5.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 13.0%

This school:	13.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 40.0%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	40.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Advanced - English (%): 41.0%

Here:	41.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

MCAS Math Results - Ralph C Mahar Reg School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 87.0

Here:	87.0
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 6.0%

Here:	6.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 20.0%

Here:	20.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 31.0%

Here:	31.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 43.0%

Here:	43.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

2004 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 88
Warning / Failing - English : 9
Needs Improvement - English : 26
Proficiency - English : 31
Advanced - English : 22

Students Tested - Math : 192
Warning / Failing - Math : 14
Needs Improvement - Math : 58
Proficiency - Math : 94
Advanced - Math : 26

MCAS English Results - Ralph C Mahar Reg School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 81.0

Here:	81.0
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 10.0%

Here:	10.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 35.0%

Here:	35.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Advanced - English (%): 25.0%

Here:	25.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

MCAS Math Results - Ralph C Mahar Reg School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 84.8

This school:	84.8
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 7.0%

Here:	7.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 49.0%

This school:	49.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Advanced - Math (%): 14.0%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	14.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

2003 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 116
Warning / Failing - English : 16
Needs Improvement - English : 29
Proficiency - English : 45
Advanced - English : 26

Students Tested - Math : 113
Warning / Failing - Math : 13
Needs Improvement - Math : 36
Proficiency - Math : 39
Advanced - Math : 25

MCAS English Results - Ralph C Mahar Reg School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 80.6

Here:	80.6
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 14.0%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	14.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 25.0%

Here:	25.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 39.0%

Here:	39.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Advanced - English (%): 22.0%

This school:	22.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

MCAS Math Results - Ralph C Mahar Reg School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 76.7

Here:	76.7
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 12.0%

Here:	12.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 32.0%

Here:	32.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 35.0%

Here:	35.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 22.0%

This school:	22.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

2007 Participation - All students - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 119
Standard Assessment : 117
Alternate Assessment : 1
Medically documented absence : 1

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

Here:	99.0%
State average from 341 schools:	99.5%

2007 Participation - All students - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 119
Standard Assessment : 116
Alternate Assessment : 1
Medically documented absence : 2

AYP participation rate: 98.0%

Here:	98.0%
State average from 341 schools:	99.0%

2007 Participation - Low income subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 98%
Enrollment : 49
Standard Assessment : 47
Alternate Assessment : 1
Medically documented absence : 1

AYP participation rate: 98.0%

Here:	98.0%
State average from 285 schools:	99.1%

2007 Participation - Low income subgroup - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 98%
Enrollment : 51
Standard Assessment : 48
Alternate Assessment : 1
Medically documented absence : 2

AYP participation rate: 96.0%

This school:	96.0%
State average from 284 schools:	98.3%

2007 Participation - Black/African American subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 96%

2007 Participation - White subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 107
Standard Assessment : 105
Alternate Assessment : 1
Medically documented absence : 1

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

Here:	99.0%
State average from 312 schools:	99.6%

2007 Participation - White subgroup - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 105
Standard Assessment : 102
Alternate Assessment : 1
Medically documented absence : 2

AYP participation rate: 98.0%

Here:	98.0%
State average from 310 schools:	99.3%

2007 Participation - Multi-race subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 98%

2007 Participation - Special Education subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 14
Standard Assessment : 13
Alternate Assessment : 1

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 284 schools:	98.6%

2007 Participation - Special Education subgroup - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 15
Standard Assessment : 14
Alternate Assessment : 1

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Ralph C Mahar Reg School:	100.0%
State average from 286 schools:	97.8%