66.2% of Florida Ruffin Ridley School students met or exceeded science MCAS expectations in 2023-24 school year

Of the 157 students of Florida Ruffin Ridley School who took part in the science portion of the MCAS in the 2023-24 school year, 80 met the testing standard (51%), while 24 exceeded expectations (15.3%), according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The students' overall success rate in the subject grew by 4% in the 2023-24 school year from the previous school year.

Public Schools of Brookline District, which Florida Ruffin Ridley School is part of, reached an average proficiency rate of 72.7% in science during the 2023-24 school year.

Meanwhile, 60.2% of Florida Ruffin Ridley School students hit the ELA benchmarks, and 67.1% were considered proficient in math.

At the time, 199,813 students took the science test in Massachusetts, with 88,716 students passing (44.4%) — 1.3% more 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	489	328	67.1%	4.2%
ELA	488	294	60.2%	-1.2%
Science	157	104	66.2%	4%