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What advice would you give to incoming students at Warren-Prescott K-8 School?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSTON·NCES 250279000333
Warren-Prescott K-8 School
50 School Street, Charlestown, MA 02129 · (617) 635-8346 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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
11.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 64 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 174% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
65.0%
MA avg 43.8% . +9.0pp since 2016
Math
58.0%
MA avg 42.2% . +7.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 65 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 up about 9 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 55.0% | 38.0% |
| 2018-19 | 64.0% | 56.0% |
| 2017-18 | 58.0% | 51.0% |
| 2016-17 | 56.0% | 51.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Warren-Prescott K-8 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #239 of 920 ▼ 3 | #6 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #116 of 920 ▲ 5 | #3 of 84 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #98 of 901 | #12 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #226 of 1,086 | #26 of 94 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #263 of 938 | #47 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #336 of 938 | #27 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #200 of 602 | #25 of 59 |
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
507
-41 (-7%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 507 | 45.6 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 45 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 45.6 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 48 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 37.8 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 51% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | N/A | N/A | 82% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Warren-Prescott K-8 School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (602 to 507); teachers up 21% (37.8 to 45.6).
About Warren-Prescott K-8 School
Students in Charlestown, Massachusetts, attend Warren-Prescott K-8 School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 8 and enrolls 507 students. It has 33% more students than the average for elementary schools in Massachusetts (about 381).
Boston serves 46,437 students across 109 schools.
The share of White students at Warren-Prescott K-8 School is 60%, a majority. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Suffolk County is roughly 46% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
Warren-Prescott K-8 School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1, with 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts, this school's ratio is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Warren-Prescott K-8 School lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Massachusetts public elementary schools.
In Suffolk County, median household income comes to about $95,631, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Suffolk County counts 157 public schools with about 75,679 students.
Warren-Prescott K-8 School's nearest public school is Horace Mann School for the Deaf Hard of Hearing (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Warren-Prescott K-8 School.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 548 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 507 by 2024-25.
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Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
785,121
Census ACS
Median income
$95,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
157
75,679 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Warren-Prescott K-8 SchoolHow many students attend Warren-Prescott K-8 School?
Warren-Prescott K-8 School enrolls approximately 507 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Warren-Prescott K-8 School serve?
Warren-Prescott K-8 School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Warren-Prescott K-8 School have?
Warren-Prescott K-8 School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Warren-Prescott K-8 School?
At Warren-Prescott K-8 School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Warren-Prescott K-8 School public or private?
Warren-Prescott K-8 School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Boston.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.