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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Potter Road administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRAMINGHAM·NCES 250498000731
Potter Road
492 Potter Rd, Framingham, MA 01701 · (508) 626-9110 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Massachusetts public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- C+Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
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 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
28.0%
MA avg 43.8% . -11.0pp since 2016
Math
20.0%
MA avg 42.2% . -23.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 23 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 42.0% | 24.0% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2017-18 | 50.0% | 47.0% |
| 2016-17 | 39.0% | 43.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Potter Road ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #791 of 920 ▼ 8 | #196 of 207 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #685 of 920 ▲ 26 | #178 of 207 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #350 of 901 | #86 of 206 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #187 of 1,086 | #39 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #572 of 938 | #144 of 222 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #438 of 938 | #143 of 222 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.3% | #197 of 317 | #43 of 77 |
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
540
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 371
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 540 | 42.3 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 39.3 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 40.1 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 38 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 35.2 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 39 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 23% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | N/A | N/A | 41% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 371 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Potter Road.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (513 to 540); teachers up 20% (35.2 to 42.3).
About Potter Road
Students in Framingham, Massachusetts, attend Potter Road, a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 540 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. It has 42% more students than the average for elementary schools in Massachusetts (about 381).
Framingham is the local district for Potter Road. It runs 14 schools with 9,124 students.
More than half of enrollment at Potter Road is Hispanic: 62%. Enrollment also includes 28% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 53 points above the 9% share among Middlesex County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
Teacher count: 42.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
Potter Road earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of Massachusetts public elementary schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Middlesex County show that the median household earns about $130,847 a year, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Middlesex County has 386 public schools with about 215,896 students, including Potter Road.
Measured in a straight line, Cameron Middle School is about 0.8 miles from Potter Road. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school grew from 519 students in 2020-21 to 540 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Potter Road community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,638,365
Census ACS
Median income
$130,847
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
386
215,896 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Framingham
- Framingham High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- Walsh MiddleMiddle · 785 students
- Barbieri ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Cameron Middle SchoolMiddle · 592 students
- Fuller MiddleMiddle · 592 students
- HemenwayElementary · 538 students
Other schools in Framingham
- Framingham High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- Joseph P Keefe Technical High SchoolHigh · 896 students
- Walsh MiddleMiddle · 785 students
- Barbieri ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Cameron Middle SchoolMiddle · 592 students
- Fuller MiddleMiddle · 592 students
Nearby schools
- Cameron Middle School0.8 mi · 592
- King Elementary School0.9 mi · 385
- Israel Loring School0.9 mi · 426
- Hemenway1.0 mi · 538
- Mary E Stapleton Elementary1.0 mi · 359
- Walsh Middle1.2 mi · 785
Frequently asked questions
About Potter RoadHow large is Potter Road?
Potter Road enrolls approximately 540 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Potter Road serve?
Potter Road serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Potter Road?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Potter Road.
How diverse is Potter Road?
Potter Road reports a student body of 28% White, 62% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Potter Road?
Potter Road is overseen by Framingham in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.