Elementary · Massachusetts

Fisher Hill School

Fisher Hill School, a public elementary school in Orange, Massachusetts: grades pre-k–6, 494 students, 12.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Orange.

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
494
Teachers (FTE)
39.5
Students per teacher
12.5
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary

More students per teacher than 57% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 76% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared

Larger than 65% 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%

15%proficient

−1.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 92% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

19%proficient

+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 87% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared

276 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 Pre-K–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Rural area near a city
Run by
Orange

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

Location

Address
59 Dexter Street, Orange, MA 01364
Phone
(978)544-0018
City or town
Orange

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–458913.919%23%
Swift RiverFree meals for all
Pre-K–61349.229%26%
Warwick Community SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–6275.428%11%
Erving ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–61136.132%23%
Petersham CenterFree meals for all
K–614211.454%45%
Northfield ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–614110.137%39%

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 250918001475