Dale Street
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Massachusetts public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 181 | 47% |
| Grade 5 | 203 | 53% |
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Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 5 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 78.0% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 75.0% | 65.0% |
| 2018-19 | 72.0% | 68.0% |
| 2017-18 | 75.0% | 72.0% |
| 2016-17 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
Where Dale Street ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Norfolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #14 of 920 ▲ 20 | #4 of 104 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #76 of 920 ▲ 25 | #24 of 104 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #261 of 901 | #34 of 103 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #484 of 1,086 | #48 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #665 of 938 | #76 of 110 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #846 of 938 | #108 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #200 of 317 | #38 of 55 |
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 | 384 | 28.9 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 32.9 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 33.4 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 29 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 28.9 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 29 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | N/A | N/A | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (365 to 384); teachers unchanged (28.9 to 28.9).
About Dale Street
Dale Street is one of the public schools in Medfield, Massachusetts. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The grade span is 4 through 5, and enrollment is 384 students.
Medfield enrolls 2,478 students in 5 schools, including Dale Street.
At Dale Street, White students make up 88% of the student body. The school is also 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 70%. The chance that two students picked at random at Dale Street belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
Dividing enrollment by its 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. Among elementary schools in Massachusetts, the typical ratio is 12.2:1.
Dale Street is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 96% of Massachusetts public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Among Norfolk County residents, median household income is about $130,739, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Dale Street is one of 198 public schools in Norfolk County, which together enroll about 101,300 students.
The next-closest public school is Memorial School, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Dale Street.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 384, 6% below the 407 of 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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