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B M C Durfee High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

360 Elsbree St

Fall River MA, 02720, Bristol County

Phone: 508-675-8100

Ranking:

(269 out of 298, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Fall River School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	178		184		180		172		170		185		202
Total Students:	2,253		2,276		2,228		2,258		2,348		2,330		2,550
Grade 9:	673	29.9%	667	29.3%	657	29.5%	616	27.3%	743	31.6%	689	29.6%	689	27.0%
Grade 10:	609	27.0%	595	26.1%	520	23.3%	649	28.7%	591	25.2%	571	24.5%	724	28.4%
Grade 11:	533	23.7%	491	21.6%	577	25.9%	528	23.4%	520	22.1%	547	23.5%	626	24.5%
Grade 12:	438	19.4%	523	23.0%	474	21.3%	465	20.6%	494	21.0%	523	22.4%	511	20.0%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,089	48.3%	1,121	49.3%	1,124	50.4%	1,149	50.9%	1,150	49.0%	1,127	48.4%	1,221	47.9%
Female:	1,164	51.7%	1,155	50.7%	1,104	49.6%	1,109	49.1%	1,198	51.0%	1,203	51.6%	1,303	51.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	0.4%	9	0.4%	9	0.4%	12	0.5%	13	0.6%	15	0.6%	17	0.7%
Asian:	107	4.7%	105	4.6%	102	4.6%	118	5.2%	131	5.6%	137	5.9%	167	6.5%
Hispanic:	416	18.5%	386	17.0%	359	16.1%	332	14.7%	317	13.5%	288	12.4%	302	11.8%
Black:	205	9.1%	199	8.7%	184	8.3%	193	8.5%	211	9.0%	219	9.4%	220	8.6%
White:	1,472	65.3%	1,537	67.5%	1,549	69.5%	1,581	70.0%	1,649	70.2%	1,649	70.8%	1,822	71.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.0%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	44	2.0%	38	1.7%	23	1.0%	20	0.9%	27	1.1%	22	0.9%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,395	61.9%	1,390	61.1%	1,402	62.9%	1,375	60.9%	1,297	55.2%	1,237	53.1%	1,152	45.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	176	7.8%	201	8.8%	210	9.4%	210	9.3%	259	11.0%	288	12.4%	208	8.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.66		12.36		12.39		13.16		13.82		12.60		12.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCAS
2003	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	41.2%	40.8%	61%
2004	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	42%	41%	62%
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	43%	42%	65%
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	48%	46%	70%
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	58%	55%	71%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	52%	49%	74%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	67%	65%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	60%	58%	78%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	71%	67%	84%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	75%	71%	88%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	83%	79%	91%
2003	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	22.9%	22.5%	51%
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	31%	29%	57%
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	30%	28%	62%
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	33%	32%	67%
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	45%	43%	69%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	45%	43%	72%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	48%	46%	75%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	55%	53%	75%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	53%	51%	74%
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	60%	56%	78%
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	61%	57%	80%
2008	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	43%	39%	57%
2009	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	48%	47%	61%
2010	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	51%	49%	65%
2011	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	53%	48%	67%
2012	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	51%	48%	69%
2013	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	57%	53%	71%
2007	Biology	End of course	% proficient	30%	29%	42%
2008	Biology	End of course	% proficient	39%	35%	55%
2009	Biology	End of course	% proficient	51%	48%	61%
2010	Biology	End of course	% proficient	56%	54%	63%
2011	Biology	End of course	% proficient	48%	46%	71%
2012	Biology	End of course	% proficient	53%	50%	72%
2013	Biology	End of course	% proficient	57%	51%	73%
2007	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	20%	20%	35%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	44%	42%	36%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	48%	45%	36%
2010	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	40%	38%	48%
2011	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	30%	28%	55%
2012	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	10%	15%	61%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	60%	57%	65%
2011	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	65%	65%	61%
2013	Technology/Engineering	End of course	% proficient	13%	13%	49%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* B M C Durfee High High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.