50.1% of Berkley Middle School students met or exceeded ELA MCAS expectations in 2023-24 school year

Of the 359 students of Berkley Middle School who took part in the ELA portion of the MCAS in the 2023-24 school year, 138 met the testing standard (38.4%), while 42 exceeded expectations (11.7%), according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The students' overall success rate in the subject grew by 3.2% in the 2023-24 school year from the previous school year.

Berkley Public Schools District, which Berkley Middle School is part of, reached an average proficiency rate of 50.2% in ELA during the 2023-24 school year.

Meanwhile, 44.4% of Berkley Middle School students hit the math benchmarks, and 57.7% were considered proficient in science.

At the time, 464,640 students took the ELA test in Massachusetts, with 194,364 students passing (41.8%) — 2.9% less than the year before.

According to a 2025 analysis from WalletHub, Massachusetts education system was considered the best in the nation, based on factors such as class size, student performance, funding, school safety, and teacher qualifications.

Subject	Number of Students Tested	Number of Students Passing	Proficiency Rate (%)	Change from Previous Year (%)
Math	356	158	44.4%	2.3%
ELA	359	180	50.1%	3.2%
Science	182	105	57.7%	1.4%