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Mary Rowlandson Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 up about 4 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 57.0% | 34.0% |
| 2018-19 | 66.0% | 51.0% |
| 2017-18 | 64.0% | 59.0% |
| 2016-17 | 59.0% | 51.0% |
Where Mary Rowlandson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Worcester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #284 of 920 ▼ 69 | #25 of 113 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #498 of 920 ▼ 230 | #52 of 113 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #288 of 901 | #48 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #289 of 1,086 | #41 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #504 of 938 | #40 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #574 of 938 | #76 of 124 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #313 of 317 | #42 of 43 |
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 | 473 | 38 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 38.9 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 39.9 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 40 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 36.3 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 36 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 14% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | N/A | N/A | 11% (42) |
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (471 to 473); teachers up 5% (36.3 to 38).
About Mary Rowlandson Elementary
In Lancaster, Massachusetts, part of Worcester County, Mary Rowlandson Elementary is an elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 473 students. It has 24% more students than the average for elementary schools in Massachusetts (about 381).
Mary Rowlandson Elementary belongs to Nashoba, a district of 6 schools and 2,990 students.
More than half of the students at Mary Rowlandson Elementary are White (72%). The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. That is in line with Worcester County, where about 73% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mary Rowlandson Elementary scores 45%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. The school has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is close to this figure.
In Worcester County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $95,939, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 257 public schools and about 121,490 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Luther Burbank Middle School, is the closest to Mary Rowlandson Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7.
For locale, NCES codes Mary Rowlandson Elementary as Rural: Fringe.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 438 (2020-21) to 473 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.4:1.
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