19.4% of Webster Middle School students met or exceeded ELA MCAS expectations in 2023-24 school year

Of the 558 students of Webster Middle School who took part in the ELA portion of the MCAS in the 2023-24 school year, 100 met the testing standard (17.9%), while eight exceeded expectations (1.4%), according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The students' overall success rate in the subject dropped by 1.8% in the 2023-24 school year from the previous school year.

Webster Public Schools District, which Webster Middle School is part of, reached an average proficiency rate of 19% in ELA during the 2023-24 school year.

Meanwhile, 15.8% of Webster Middle School students hit the math benchmarks, and 24.1% 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	557	88	15.8%	0.3%
ELA	558	108	19.4%	-1.8%
Science	278	67	24.1%	4.3%