Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School
- 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.
- A-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 75% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 53 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 16 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2018-19 | 63.0% | 64.0% |
| 2017-18 | 74.0% | 69.0% |
| 2016-17 | 69.0% | 71.0% |
Where Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Norfolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #253 of 920 ▼ 92 | #61 of 104 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #286 of 920 ▼ 40 | #62 of 104 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #204 of 901 | #23 of 103 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #493 of 1,086 | #49 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #674 of 938 | #79 of 110 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #382 of 938 | #52 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.5% | #144 of 317 | #29 of 55 |
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 | 381 | 28.6 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 28.6 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 26.6 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 23 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 20.8 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 25 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 21 | 15.6:1 | 23% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | N/A | N/A | 9% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (351 to 381); teachers up 38% (20.8 to 28.6).
About Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School
Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School is a mid-sized elementary school in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, administered by Weymouth. Its enrollment is 381 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School is a school in Weymouth. The district has 11 schools and 5,630 students.
More than half of enrollment at Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School is White: 63%. Next come 13% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School scores 56%.
Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School has 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. The school's 13.3:1 compares with an average of 12.2:1 for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
Among Massachusetts public elementary schools, Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
For Norfolk County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $130,739 a year, roughly 59% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School, Norfolk County has 198 public schools.
Ralph Talbot sits about 0.7 miles from Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School enrolled 357 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 381. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.5:1 to 13.3:1.
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