Overview

• Statewide proficiency rose to 50.8% in English Language Arts and 26.5% in math, marking a third straight year of incremental improvement.
• Eighth-grade math remained the lowest-performing area with just 8.7% proficient, even as overall math ticked up.
• Science scores fell across tested grades, with fifth-grade proficiency dropping sharply to 23.9% from 34.5% a year earlier.
• Large gaps persisted by race and student group, with Black and Latino students far below white and Asian peers and multilingual learners at 11.1% in ELA and 7.2% in math.
• District results varied widely: Worcester led at 68.5% proficient in ELA and 47.7% in math, Baltimore City posted gains to 31.2% in ELA and 12.6% in math, and Somerset had the state’s lowest math rate at 10.1%.