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Dr An Wang School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 166 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 174 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 162 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 161 | 24% |
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 14 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 22.0% |
| 2018-19 | 49.0% | 43.0% |
| 2017-18 | 49.0% | 42.0% |
| 2016-17 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
Where Dr An Wang School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #222 of 304 ▲ 8 | #63 of 70 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #237 of 304 ▲ 14 | #64 of 70 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #72 of 299 | #12 of 69 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #86 of 310 | #27 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #286 of 296 | #69 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #6 of 296 | #4 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #173 of 204 | #34 of 41 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 663 | 43.3 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 49.6 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 48 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 46 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 49.5 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 45 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 65% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | N/A | N/A | 67% (463) |
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (692 to 663); teachers down 13% (49.5 to 43.3).
About Dr An Wang School
Dr An Wang School is a medium-sized middle school based in Lowell, Massachusetts. The school counts 663 students across grades 5 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Massachusetts is about 547 students.
Dr An Wang School is one school in a 27-school district, Lowell, which enrolls 14,457 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Dr An Wang School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 41%. Other students are 26% White, 21% Asian, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 9% Hispanic share among all Middlesex County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.5:1 average for middle schools in Massachusetts.
Census estimates describe Middlesex County this way: the median household income is $130,847, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 60% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Middlesex County has 386 public schools and roughly 215,896 students.
Pawtucketville Memorial is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Dr An Wang School.
Dr An Wang School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (668) and 2024-25 (663).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Dr An Wang School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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