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Florence Sawyer School
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 11 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 7 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Florence Sawyer School
Located at 100 Mechanic Street, in Bolton, Massachusetts, Florence Sawyer School is a high-enrollment K-5 school that hosts 734 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Nashoba. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 93% above typical.
Florence Sawyer School is one of 6 schools operated by Nashoba, a district that serves 2,990 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Florence Sawyer School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Worcester County) shows that median household income runs about $95,939, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Worcester County's 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), Florence Sawyer School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Nashoba Regional, around 1.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Florence Sawyer School operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. Florence Sawyer School's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 767 (now 734). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 89% to 84%.
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