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Hingham report: 97% of Class of 2025 pursue further education; committee raises alarms over low IEP participation in AP and SAT/ACT testing
Summary
School counselors reported that 97.3% of the Class of 2025 continued with postsecondary education and that Hingham students score above state and national SAT/ACT means. Committee members, however, pressed district staff after data showed very low AP and standardized-test participation by students on active IEPs and disputed reporting limits.
Heather Rodriguez, the district’s college-and-testing presenter, told the Hingham School Committee that 97.3% of the graduating Class of 2025 planned to continue their education and that mean SAT and ACT scores for Hingham students compared favorably with Massachusetts and national averages.
Rodriguez summarized application and matriculation trends — noting UMass Amherst as both the most-applied-to and most-attended institution among the class — and reviewed Advanced Placement participation: in 2025 students took 628 AP exams across 22 course offerings, with 317 students taking exams and roughly 60% of the senior class registering for at least one AP exam. She…
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