Elementary · Massachusetts

Atherton Hough

Free meals for all

Atherton Hough, a public elementary school in Quincy, Massachusetts: grades k–5, 256 students, 10.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Quincy.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
256
Teachers (FTE)
24.5
Students per teacher
10.5
Grades
K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 77% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 90% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 81% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared

Smaller than 80% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Massachusetts: 42%

24%proficient

+1.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 80% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared

131 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

29%proficient

+4.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 72% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared

131 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb
Run by
Quincy

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Quincy.

Location

Address
1084 Sea Street, Quincy, MA 02169
Phone
(617)984-8797
City or town
Quincy

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–538012.821%24%
WessagussetFree meals for all
K–532912.842%45%
MerrymountFree meals for all
K–529111.950%51%
K–453512.346%43%
Beechwood Knoll ElementaryFree meals for all
K–534314.846%59%
Pre-K–72619.20.0%0.0%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 250987001560