School officials and the public got a first look at Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test results Wednesday.

The test was given last spring.

Swampscott School Committee members will receive a full report on the results from Assistant Superintendent Pam Angelakis at a meeting in October.

At Wednesday's School Committee meeting, Superintendent Lynne Celli said Swampscott, based on the results, is considered a Level 2 School District. 

The state places districts under 5 levels with 1 being the highest performing level and 5 the lowest performing level.

Statewide, there are 400 districts. Ninety-six of them are listed at Level 1 and 200 are listed at Level 2.

The superintendent said Swampscott's respective test results corresponded to the allocation of resources.

Where resources were targeted, test scores tended to improve; and where they were reduced, the scores tended to slip.

School Committee member Ted Delano said he looked at Swampscott's results Wednesday and some are promising.

The MCAS is a standardized test that measures students' performance. It is given to students in grades 3-10, and the 10th graders must pass the test in order to qualify for graduation.

Below are Swampscott's 2012 and 2011 results, and the 2012 level summary by school districts.

For more information on the MCAS visit the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's web site.

2012

2011

• 2012 District and School Level Summary:

Statewide Totals by Level	Districts		Schools
	#	%	#	%
Level 5	1	0%	--	--
Level 4	12	3%	43	3%
Level 3	71	19%	298	19%
Level 2	200	53%	743	47%
Level 1	96	25%	503	32%
Total	380	100%	1587	100%
Insufficient Data	20	--	242	--