Elementary · Massachusetts

Petersham Center

Free meals for all

Petersham Center, a public elementary school in Petersham, Massachusetts: grades k–6, 142 students, 11.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Petersham.

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
142
Teachers (FTE)
12.5
Students per teacher
11.4
Grades
K–6
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 96% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared

Smaller than 93% 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%

54%proficient

+4.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 72% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

45%proficient

+14.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 54% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared

82 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–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant rural area
Run by
Petersham

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

Location

Address
31 Spring Street, Petersham, MA 01366
Phone
(978)724-3363
City or town
Petersham

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Ruggles LaneFree meals for all
Pre-K–540215.636%31%
Pre-K–458913.919%23%
Templeton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–458114.232%32%
Swift RiverFree meals for all
Pre-K–61349.229%26%
Hubbardston CenterFree meals for all
Pre-K–530419.948%42%
Pre-K–649412.515%19%

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.

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