Elementary · Massachusetts
Grace Farrar Cole
Grace Farrar Cole, a public elementary school in Norwell, Massachusetts: grades pre-k–5, 528 students, 14.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Norwell.
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
- 528
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.1
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 90% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared
More students per teacher than 50% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 81% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared
Larger than 71% 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%67%proficient
+8.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 90% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared
265 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%66%proficient
−2.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 85% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared
266 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–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Norwell
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Norwell.
Location
- Address
- 81 High Street, Norwell, MA 02061
- Phone
- (781)659-8823
- County
- Plymouth County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 496 | 14.4 | 72% | 69% | |
| Pre-K–1 | 479 | 17.5 | — | — | |
Thomas W. Hamilton Primary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 381 | 13.3 | 53% | 58% |
Ralph TalbotFree meals for all | K–5 | 300 | 13.1 | 48% | 56% |
| K–5 | 352 | 11.1 | 80% | 79% | |
Phelps Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 1–4 | 639 | 13.5 | 40% | 46% |
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
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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.
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