Every single Mystic Valley tenth grade student received a passing grade on the 2009 Math, English Language Arts and Science and Technology MCAS exams.  Mystic Valley is the only school in its sending district (Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham and Wakefield) that can claim a 100% pass rate on each section of the exam.  Mystic Valley is also one of a very few high schools in the state that has had a perfect pass rate in every section for each of the past two years.

“Our students’ continuing excellent performance on the MCAS shows the levels of achievement possible in public education when a solid core curriculum and dedicated teachers combine to provide the opportunity for a world-class education” stated Mystic Valley Executive Director, Dr. Joseph McCleary. He added “congratulations to our faculty, parents and students”! 

“We are extremely proud of our students at Mystic Valley for their continued success on the MCAS exams. It is a tremendous accomplishment for our tenth graders to achieve a 100% passing rate in Math, ELA and Science. Our teachers and students have worked extremely hard, starting from Kindergarten, all the way up into high school and their dedication is evident” said Mystic Valley High School Principal George Benzie.

Ninety-four percent of the students received Advanced or Proficient scores in English Language Arts, eighty percent for Math and seventy-six percent for Science and Technology.

The high MCAS scores come on the heels of several impressive accomplishments at the school.  Newsweek magazine ranked 93rd on its list of best high schools in the country for 2009 and among the top 1% of American high schools in 2010.  In 2007 and 2009 U.S. News & World Report ranked the school in the top 8% of high schools in the country.  The Mystic Valley Class of 2010 the school’s first Harvard University admission.

Students at Mystic Valley performed exceptionally well at all levels on the standardized tests given during the past year. Nearly half of the members of the Class of 2010 received the John and Abigail Adams Scholarships as a result of their MCAS scores. These scholarships entitle them to receive free tuition at any Massachusetts state college or university. The rate of scholarship success is thought to be among the highest in the state!

Mystic Valley annually tests its students twice annually using the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS), a nationally recognized and widely used test of student performance.  Annual evidence of successful academic progress using the ITBS is  measured by a comparison of consecutive spring scores over a period of one calendar year. An average of one full year's growth for all students in grades K-8 as measured by a core total score is a primary academic goal.

The 2010 MCAS results show that Mystic Valley 10th graders, who make up the Class of 2010, scored exceptionally well.  The results released by the Department of Education show that every single Mystic Valley 10th grade student received a passing grade on the Math and English/Language Arts section of the exam. 

Mystic Valley Students Perform Well on SAT Exam

Results recently released by the Massachusetts Department of Education and published by the Boston Globe on December 14th show that students at the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School performed quite well on the annual exam when compared to the state median scores and the average scores of Mystic Valley and the six cities that make up its sending district.  Mystic Valley scored higher than both the state median (Reading 496, Writing 490, Math 502, Combined 1484) and the average of Mystic Valley and its six sending districts (Reading 486, Writing 483, Math 491, Combined 1461). Mystic Valley’s scores were: Reading 515; Writing 518; Math 496 and Combined 1511.

Wakefield High’s scores were the highest in the District. Wakefield High was ranked 96th in the state.  Mystic Valley came in second in the district (tied with Melrose) with a 125th ranking followed by Stoneham 141, Medford 221 Malden 250 and Everett 256.  Mystic Valley, tied for the highest grade in the district in Reading with Wakefield, was first in the district in Writing and 4th in Math. 

For more detailed information regarding test scores see the 2008-2009 Annual Report .