Standardized test scores show that it was another banner year for Mattapoisett elementary schools.

“We have much to celebrate this year,” Asst. Principal Kevin Tavares said at Monday’s Mattapoisett School Committee meeting.

Both schools received Level 1 status, the highest level. Old Hammondtown School has achieved this standing for seven consecutive years while Center School moved up from Level 2.

Looking at the big picture, Old Hammondtown and Center School were in the top 4 percent of schools in the state and were in the top spot among South Coast schools.

“There is something really, really clear that’s going well in Mattapoisett, and we’re so proud to be part of it,” said sixth grade teacher Sara Jacobsen, who noted that Mattapoisett schools outperformed Marion, Rochester and Fairhaven.

She said the students are “withdrawing from a capital bank” paid into throughout the year with positive feedback, fun events and more for students.

“When we have to ask them to do hard things, they’re so willing, they’re so enthusiastic,” she said.

Tavares shared some of the highlights from the results that proved her point.

In the fifth grade science MCAS exam, 74 percent of students scored in the advanced or proficient categories compared to 47 percent in the state. The students exceeded state averages in the areas of life sciences and physical sciences.

To further improve the science education, the school is establishing a STEAM team to address science, technology, engineering, arts and math. There will also be “maker spaces” to encourage invention and learning, and partnerships will continue with the Mattapoisett Land Trust, Buzzards Bay Coalition, conservation agent and local scientists.

On the PARCC exam, students saw major jumps in performance, with higher percentages of students scoring in the top two levels of the test.

In English language arts, students jumped from 49 to 67 percent in third grade, 63 to 80 percent in fourth, 81 to 92 percent in sixth. The fifth grade remained at a high 81 percent.

Math saw similar improvements: 56 to 74 percent in third grade, 55 to 80 percent in fourth, 76 to 86 in fifth and 79 to 80 in sixth grade.

“Those are just some phenomenal numbers,” said Superintendent Doug White.

And they’re being accomplished without spending much above the state average, Jacobsen pointed out.

In 2014, the expenditure per student was $15,449 versus the state average of $15,221 and significantly less than Cambridge, $27,163 and Weston, $22,615.

Jacobsen and others at the meeting attributed the schools’ success to teachers, staff, administrators, involved parents and supportive townspeople.