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Alumni: what's one memory from Mary E. Baker School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
769
Elementary
DISTRICT 677 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROCKTON·NCES 250309002649
Mary E. Baker School
45 Quincy Street, Brockton, MA 02302 · (508) 894-4427 · Plymouth County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL769 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 139 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
25.0%
MA avg 43.8% . -1.0pp since 2016
Math
23.0%
MA avg 42.2% . +0.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 1 points since 2016, while math scores have held steady.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
| 2018-19 | 30.0% | 27.0% |
| 2017-18 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| 2016-17 | 26.0% | 23.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Mary E. Baker School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Plymouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #744 of 920 ▼ 50 | #55 of 63 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #731 of 920 ▼ 65 | #55 of 63 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #304 of 901 | #23 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 769 | #44 of 1,086 | #9 of 73 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #821 of 938 | #45 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #181 of 938 | #1 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #439 of 602 | #30 of 44 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
769
+146 (+23%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 769 | 53.3 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 724 | 49.4 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 673 | 50.8 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 41 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 42.1 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 46 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 71% (518) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary E. Baker School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (815 to 769); teachers up 26% (42.1 to 53.3).
About Mary E. Baker School
In Brockton, Massachusetts, Mary E. Baker School is a large elementary school. The school had 769 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Massachusetts is about 381, so this school runs 102% bigger than that.
Brockton runs 24 schools with a combined 15,280 students. Mary E. Baker School is one of them.
Black students make up a majority at Mary E. Baker School, at 52%. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 13% White, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Plymouth County's population at about 8%. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 14.4 students per teacher and 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.3 students per teacher above the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
Census Bureau estimates for Plymouth County show that the median household income is $114,201, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Mary E. Baker School is one of 141 public schools in the county.
Ashfield Middle School is located about 0.7 miles from Mary E. Baker School. The five-mile area around Mary E. Baker School holds at least 8 other public schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 23% from its 2020-21 level of 623.
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Plymouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
535,075
Census ACS
Median income
$114,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
141
76,427 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brockton
- Brockton HighHigh · 3,598 students
- Edgar B DavisElementary · 1,009 students
- Louis F Angelo ElementaryElementary · 875 students
- Oscar F RaymondElementary · 864 students
- Manthala George Jr. SchoolElementary · 838 students
- Dr W Arnone Community SchoolElementary · 763 students
Other schools in Brockton
- Brockton HighHigh · 3,598 students
- Edgar B DavisElementary · 1,009 students
- Louis F Angelo ElementaryElementary · 875 students
- Oscar F RaymondElementary · 864 students
- Manthala George Jr. SchoolElementary · 838 students
- Dr W Arnone Community SchoolElementary · 763 students
Nearby schools
- Ashfield Middle School0.7 mi · 474
- East Middle School0.8 mi · 421
- Downey1.1 mi · 602
- Plouffe Middle School1.4 mi · 627
- Champion High School1.5 mi · 163
- Louis F Angelo Elementary1.5 mi · 875
Frequently asked questions
About Mary E. Baker SchoolHow large is Mary E. Baker School?
Mary E. Baker School enrolls approximately 769 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mary E. Baker School serve?
Mary E. Baker School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mary E. Baker School have?
Mary E. Baker School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is Mary E. Baker School?
Mary E. Baker School reports a student body of 13% White, 24% Hispanic, 52% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary E. Baker School?
Mary E. Baker School is overseen by Brockton in Plymouth County.
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