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Dighton Elementary
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 9 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 17 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Dighton Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary campus in Dighton, Massachusetts, Dighton Elementary teaches 468 students from grades pre-K through 4, run under Dighton-Rehoboth. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 23% bigger than typical.
Across the 5 schools in Dighton-Rehoboth (2,541 students total), Dighton Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Dighton Elementary records that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Dighton Elementary has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.
In the area at large, Bristol County reports that median household income runs about $85,625, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Dighton Elementary is one of 142 public schools in Bristol County (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students).
The closest other public school is Dighton Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 463 students in 2018 compared to 468 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Bristol County at a glance
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Related schools
- Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High SchoolHigh · 621 students
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- Dorothy L BeckwithMiddle · 479 students
- Dighton Middle SchoolMiddle · 355 students
- Bristol County Agricultural HighHigh · 631 students
- Dighton Middle SchoolMiddle · 355 students
- Dighton Middle School0.1 mi · 355
- Bristol County Agricultural High0.3 mi · 631
- Berkley Community School1.6 mi · 459
- Berkley Middle School1.9 mi · 374
- Edward F. Leddy Preschool3.8 mi · 245
- Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School4.1 mi · 621