Elementary · Massachusetts
Old Mill Pond
Free meals for allOld Mill Pond, a public elementary school in Palmer, Massachusetts: grades pre-k–6, 677 students, 13.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Palmer.
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
- 677
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.1
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- Grades
- Pre-K–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 93% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared
Larger than 87% 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%23%proficient
+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 82% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared
328 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%28%proficient
−6.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 73% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared
326 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
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Palmer
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Palmer.
Location
- Address
- 4107 Main Street, Palmer, MA 01069
- Phone
- (413)283-4300
- City or town
- Palmer Town
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quarry Hill Community SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 120 | 11.9 | — | — |
Granite Valley SchoolFree meals for all | 1–6 | 400 | 12.2 | 33% | 31% |
Warren ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 305 | 15.3 | 21% | 37% |
Stanley M Koziol Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 396 | 13.5 | 40% | 29% |
East Street Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–1 | 368 | 11.9 | — | — |
Swift River ElementaryFree meals for all | 1–3 | 445 | 12.8 | 45% | 35% |
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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