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Plouffe Middle School
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Massachusetts public middle schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 194 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 205 | 33% |
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 23 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 20 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 23.0% |
| 2018-19 | 39.0% | 37.0% |
| 2017-18 | 37.0% | 38.0% |
| 2016-17 | 39.0% | 36.0% |
Where Plouffe Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Plymouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #271 of 304 ▼ 26 | #26 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #282 of 304 ▼ 25 | #28 of 28 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -18.5pp | #1 of 299 | #1 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #101 of 310 | #11 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #265 of 296 | #24 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #68 of 296 | #1 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #133 of 204 | #17 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 | 627 | 44.1 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 629 | 48.4 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 46.8 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 44 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 686 | 41.5 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 47 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 45 | 12.5:1 | 65% (366) |
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (686 to 627); teachers up 6% (41.5 to 44.1).
About Plouffe Middle School
Plouffe Middle School is a middle-grades school in Brockton, Massachusetts, and it is part of Brockton. The school counts 627 students across grades 6 through 8.
Brockton is responsible for 24 schools, Plouffe Middle School included, with 15,280 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Plouffe Middle School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 48%. Other students are 42% Black, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 5% Hispanic share among all Plymouth County residents. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Plouffe Middle School total 44.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.2:1. That is 2.7 students per teacher above the 11.5:1 average for middle schools in Massachusetts.
allk12 grades Plouffe Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Massachusetts public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Federal survey data for Plymouth County show that the median household income is $114,201, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Plymouth County is home to 141 public schools and about 76,427 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Champion High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Plouffe Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Under the NCES locale system, Plouffe Middle School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 15% from 2020-21, when Plouffe Middle School had 736 students, to 2024-25, when it had 627. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 14.2:1, from 16.7:1.
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