Elementary · Massachusetts

Benjamin J Phelps

Free meals for all

Benjamin J Phelps, a public elementary school in Agawam, Massachusetts: grades k–4, 304 students, 13.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Agawam.

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
304
Teachers (FTE)
22.6
Students per teacher
13.4
Grades
K–4
Elementary

More students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 68% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared

Smaller than 72% 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%

52%proficient

+13.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 68% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

44%proficient

−1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 51% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared

108 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–4
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb
Run by
Agawam

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

Location

Address
689 Main Street, Agawam, MA 01001
Phone
(413)821-0587
City or town
Agawam Town

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
MemorialFree meals for all
1–51899.232%33%
James Clark SchoolFree meals for all
K–429716.238%42%
K–429014.136%35%
Sumner AvenueFree meals for all
Pre-K–549010.321%20%
K–541211.557%62%
Philip G CoburnFree meals for all
Pre-K–569910.824%32%

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 250180000027