Elementary · Massachusetts
Mary O Pottenger
Free meals for allMary O Pottenger, a public elementary school in Springfield, Massachusetts: grades pre-k–5, 365 students, 10.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Springfield.
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
- 365
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.4
- Students per teacher
- 10.9
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 87% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 53% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared
Smaller than 60% 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%31%proficient
−0.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 70% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared
150 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%22%proficient
−12.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 82% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared
151 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
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Springfield
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Springfield.
Location
- Address
- 1435 Carew Street, Springfield, MA 01104
- Phone
- (413)787-7266
- City or town
- Springfield
- County
- Hampden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samuel BowlesFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 325 | 10.4 | 30% | 19% |
LibertyFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 238 | 12.2 | 34% | 26% |
Springfield Preparatory Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 486 | 11.3 | 50% | 51% |
GlenwoodFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 275 | 11.7 | 20% | 26% |
Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori Magnet SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 432 | 13.8 | 56% | 48% |
Edward P. Boland SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 587 | 12.8 | 32% | 28% |
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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