Did Maria Hastings School students fail or pass their 2023-24 math tests?

Of the 338 students of Maria Hastings School who took part in the math portion of the MCAS in the 2023-24 school year, 67 (19.8%) did not meet the testing standard, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The students' overall failure rate in the subject grew by 0.5% in the 2023-24 school year from the previous school year.

Across the Lexington Public Schools District, which Maria Hastings School is part of, 19.5% of students did not meet the required math standards of the MCAS.

In the 2023-24 school year, 464,292 students took the math test in Massachusetts with 269,107 failing, unchanged from the year before.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MCAS was suspended in 2020, following the federal government's decision to allow states to waive statewide assessments for that year.

Massachusetts spends more money on K-12 education per pupil than most other states, ranking fifth in the nation, according to a 2025 report. The state allocates over $24,000 per pupil, totaling $22.5 billion annually.

Subject	Number of Students Tested	Number of Students Who Did Not Meet Standards	Failure Rate (%)	Change from Previous Year (%)
Math	338	67	19.8%	0.5%
ELA	336	90	26.8%	4.4%
Science	135	34	25.2%	0.9%