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J C Solmonese
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 88 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 19% |
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 18 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 19 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 27.0% |
| 2018-19 | 44.0% | 41.0% |
| 2017-18 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2016-17 | 52.0% | 45.0% |
Where J C Solmonese ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Bristol County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #714 of 920 ▼ 123 | #48 of 69 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #594 of 920 ▼ 109 | #38 of 69 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -16.0pp | #15 of 901 | #5 of 69 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #257 of 1,086 | #29 of 82 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #403 of 938 | #20 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #784 of 938 | #63 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #178 of 317 | #14 of 21 |
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 | 491 | 41.2 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 39.5 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 37.8 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 35 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 36.5 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 33 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 16% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 822 | N/A | N/A | 9% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 824 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (462 to 491); teachers up 13% (36.5 to 41.2).
About J C Solmonese
J C Solmonese is one of the public schools in Norton, Massachusetts. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 491 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 3. Elementary schools in Massachusetts have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 29% higher.
Norton runs 5 schools with a combined 2,346 students. J C Solmonese is one of them.
White students are 84% of those enrolled at J C Solmonese. The next largest groups are 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at J C Solmonese are from different groups.
Its staff includes 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.9 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
The county, Bristol County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $85,625 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Bristol County has 142 public schools with about 80,897 students, including J C Solmonese.
Among nearby public schools, Norton Middle is closest at about 0.8 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of J C Solmonese.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 461 students in 2020-21 to 491 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.2:1 in 2020-21 to 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
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