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Elmwood Street
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 100 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 29% |
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2021-22 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 45 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 59.0% | 41.0% |
| 2018-19 | 46.0% | 36.0% |
| 2017-18 | 49.0% | 40.0% |
| 2016-17 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
Where Elmwood Street ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Worcester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #403 of 920 ▲ 112 | #42 of 113 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #411 of 920 ▼ 250 | #41 of 113 ▼ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #237 of 901 | #20 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #330 of 1,086 | #48 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #848 of 938 | #103 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #493 of 938 | #66 of 124 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #106 of 602 | #11 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 | 455 | 30.8 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 31.3 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 31.8 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 39 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 38 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 40 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 38 | 17.1:1 | 21% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 479 | N/A | N/A | 6% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (580 to 455); teachers down 19% (38 to 30.8).
About Elmwood Street
Elmwood Street is a medium-sized elementary school in Millbury, Massachusetts, one of the schools in Millbury. The latest federal count shows 455 students in pre-K through 2.
Millbury operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,631 students.
At 69%, White students outnumber all other groups at Elmwood Street combined. It is also 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. By the diversity index, Elmwood Street comes in at 50%.
Teachers at the school number 30.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.8:1. Among elementary schools in Massachusetts, the typical ratio is 12.2:1.
Federal survey data for Worcester County show that median household income is about $95,939, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 257 public schools operate in Worcester County, serving about 121,490 students.
Raymond E. Shaw Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Locale data from NCES put Elmwood Street in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 455 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 509. Students per teacher rose from 13.1 in 2020-21 to 14.8 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Elmwood Street can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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