Enrollment
54
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWE·NCES 251023001649
Rowe Elementary
86 Pond Road, Rowe, MA 01367 · (413) 512-5100 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL54 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Massachusetts public elementary schools
- B-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.
- AThree-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
5.6:1
10 FTE teachers
STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 7 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 3 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 9 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 5 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 6 | 11% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
43.0%
MA avg 43.8% . +0.0pp since 2016
Math
43.0%
MA avg 42.2% . -7.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2016, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 7.0% |
| 2020-21 | 51.0% | 17.0% |
| 2018-19 | 34.0% | 34.0% |
| 2017-18 | 53.0% | 57.0% |
| 2016-17 | 43.0% | 50.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Rowe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 54 | #1,069 of 1,086 | #23 of 24 |
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
54
-9 (-14%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 124
Student : Teacher
5.6:1
was 7.9:1
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 | 54 | 9.7 | 5.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 61 | 9.1 | 6.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 66 | 9 | 7.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 63 | 8 | 7.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 71 | 8 | 8.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 54 | 8 | 6.8:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 66 | 8 | 8.3:1 | 27% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 54 | N/A | N/A | 24% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 124 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rowe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (71 to 54); teachers up 21% (8 to 9.7).
About Rowe Elementary
Rowe Elementary is a very small elementary school in Rowe, Massachusetts, (ZIP code 01367). It reported 54 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Massachusetts have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 86% lower.
Rowe Elementary is run by Rowe.
A large majority of enrollment at Rowe Elementary is White, at 81%. The school is also 11% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. The diversity index for Rowe Elementary is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rowe Elementary is 5.6:1, based on 9.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Massachusetts average 12.2:1.
Among Massachusetts public elementary schools, Rowe Elementary outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
In the wider Franklin County area, median household income comes to about $74,907, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Franklin County counts 36 public schools with about 8,666 students.
About 5.3 miles separate Rowe Elementary from the closest public school, Hawlemont Regional. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Federal data place Rowe Elementary in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 63 students in 2020-21 to 54 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 7.9:1 to 5.6:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,944
Census ACS
Median income
$74,907
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
8,666 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Rowe Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rowe Elementary. Rowe Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rowe ElementaryChicago, IL · 617 students
Nearby schools
- Hawlemont Regional5.3 mi · 71
- Readsboro Elementary School5.4 mi · 38
- Twin Valley Middle High School6.3 mi · 183
- Abbott Memorial7.6 mi · 83
- Halifax West School8.3 mi · 66
- Mohawk Trail Regional School9.1 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Rowe ElementaryHow large is Rowe Elementary?
Rowe Elementary enrolls approximately 54 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Rowe Elementary serve?
Rowe Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Rowe Elementary have?
Rowe Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 5.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Rowe Elementary?
Student demographics at Rowe Elementary are roughly 81% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Two or more.
Is Rowe Elementary public or private?
Rowe Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rowe.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.