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Spofford Pond
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 9 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 17 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Spofford Pond
As a medium-sized K-5 school in Boxford, Massachusetts, Spofford Pond works with 411 students from grades 3 through 6, one of the schools within Boxford.
Boxford runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 778 students. Spofford Pond is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Spofford Pond lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Essex County) records that median household earnings sit near $101,883, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Spofford Pond is one of 221 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students).
The closest other public school is Penn Brook, roughly 1.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Spofford Pond's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 411). Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Spofford Pond typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Essex County at a glance
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- Masconomet Regional High SchoolHigh · 924 students
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- Georgetown Middle School2.4 mi · 187
- Perley Elementary2.5 mi · 68
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