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Elmwood
- 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.
- C-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 2 | 323 | 50% |
| Grade 3 | 325 | 50% |
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 19 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 15 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 78.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 70.0% |
| 2020-21 | 76.0% | 65.0% |
| 2018-19 | 85.0% | 75.0% |
| 2017-18 | 82.0% | 79.0% |
| 2016-17 | 85.0% | 87.0% |
Where Elmwood ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #69 of 920 ▼ 31 | #37 of 207 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #105 of 920 ▼ 78 | #55 of 207 ▼ 38 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #219 of 901 | #49 of 206 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #92 of 1,086 | #20 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #815 of 938 | #205 of 222 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #257 of 938 | #90 of 222 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.3% | #33 of 317 | #5 of 77 |
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 | 648 | 45.1 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 639 | 43 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 44.5 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 38 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 34.4 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 34 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 635 | N/A | N/A | 2% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (501 to 648); teachers up 31% (34.4 to 45.1).
About Elmwood
At 14 Elm Street in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Elmwood operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from 2 through 3, and the school has 648 students. The average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is about 381 students, so this school is 70% above average.
Elmwood reports to Hopkinton, which has 6 schools and 4,227 students.
White students are the majority at Elmwood, with 52% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 32% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Among all residents of Middlesex County, the White share is about 67%. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Elmwood and a ratio of 14.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
The allk12 Grade for Elmwood is A-. Compared with Massachusetts public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
County data help place the school in context: in Middlesex County, the median household income is $130,847, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 60% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Middlesex County is home to 386 public schools and about 215,896 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Hopkinton Middle School, about 1.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
Elmwood has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Elmwood's enrollment climbed 12%, to 648.
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