Bellingham Memorial School

Public 4-7

 130 Blackstone Street
       Bellingham, MA  02019


(508) 883-2330

District: Bellingham

SchoolDigger Rank:
274th of 501 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,091 Help


Students who attend Bellingham Memorial School usually attend:

High:    Bellingham High School

Feeder schools for Bellingham Memorial School:

Elementary:    Joseph F DiPietro Elementary School
    Stall Brook

Student/teacher ratio:  13.3 Help
Number of students:  587

Racial breakdown:

White:
81.4%
Hispanic:
10.2%
African American:
3.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  26.4% Help


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Compare Details Bellingham Memorial School ranks worse than 69.4% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.46. (See more...)
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Compare Details Bellingham Memorial School ranks worse than 54.7% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.96. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (81.4%), Hispanic (10.2%), African American (3.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bellingham Memorial School is $17,091.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Bellingham Memorial School:

SchoolDigger ranks Bellingham Memorial School 644th of 928 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Bellingham Memorial School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Bellingham Memorial School 274th of 501 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Bellingham Memorial School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Bellingham Memorial School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 60.22 379th 911 58.4%
2007 54.85 452nd 911 50.4%
2008 53.12 466th 908 48.7%
2009 46.34 530th 909 41.7%
2010 55.10 451st 920 51.0%
2011 57.95 427th 924 53.8%
2012 50.15 526th 930 43.4%
2013 49.99 513th 928 44.7%
2014 54.27 474th 926 48.8%
2015 40.49 593rd 914 35.1%
2016 45.96 544th 932 41.6%
2017 47.24 525th 938 44.0%
2018 42.96 567th 934 39.3%
2019 32.20 670th 942 28.9%
2021 40.40 568th 936 39.3%
2022 36.23 602nd 932 35.4%
2023 31.46 644th 928 30.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.75 680th 886 23.3%
2019 23.19 773rd 896 13.7%
2021 32.42 630th 894 29.5%
2022 35.23 611th 905 32.5%
2023 34.20 446th 703 36.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.16 380th 685 44.5%
2019 38.03 463rd 700 33.9%
2021 46.21 371st 705 47.4%
2022 36.02 527th 772 31.7%
2023 48.20 390th 757 48.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 74.29 2nd 11 81.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.56 482nd 893 46.0%
2019 35.73 622nd 902 31.0%
2021 37.76 578th 898 35.6%
2022 32.39 614th 901 31.9%
2023 28.43 646th 887 27.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.34 341st 656 48.0%
2019 30.54 469th 665 29.5%
2021 41.68 340th 632 46.2%
2022 49.53 288th 672 57.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.82 579th 898 35.5%
2019 29.36 687th 907 24.3%
2021 43.05 511th 904 43.5%
2022 40.73 538th 908 40.7%
2023 35.71 599th 896 33.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Tested In Person students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 38.11 585th 925 36.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Tested Remotely students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 73.00 91st 399 77.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.09 51st 154 66.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 36.87 270th 398 32.2%
2022 24.31 348th 401 13.2%
2023 57.32 130th 420 69.0%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.07 612th 772 20.7%
2019 20.54 679th 780 12.9%
2021 24.36 640th 765 16.3%
2022 21.99 649th 764 15.1%
2023 15.34 690th 762 9.4%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Bellingham Memorial School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 36.93 231st 339 31.9%
2004 39.96 225th 344 34.6%
2005 44.01 214th 356 39.9%
2006 54.64 190th 399 52.4%
2007 50.44 221st 399 44.6%
2008 49.29 225th 407 44.7%
2009 52.53 217th 409 46.9%
2010 53.11 225th 434 48.2%
2011 56.28 209th 449 53.5%
2012 56.93 210th 455 53.8%
2013 58.08 195th 455 57.1%
2014 54.06 220th 455 51.6%
2015 44.89 252nd 441 42.9%
2016 40.16 296th 482 38.6%
2017 46.26 259th 487 46.8%
2018 47.15 261st 484 46.1%
2019 49.00 259th 498 48.0%
2021 48.84 241st 501 51.9%
2022 51.35 213th 497 57.1%
2023 42.96 274th 501 45.3%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.71 317th 467 32.1%
2019 26.58 397th 484 18.0%
2021 29.94 360th 489 26.4%
2022 42.95 263rd 503 47.7%
2023 49.66 168th 444 62.2%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.87 182nd 438 58.4%
2019 39.68 283rd 452 37.4%
2021 38.99 284th 462 38.5%
2022 48.18 227th 489 53.6%
2023 49.99 217th 481 54.9%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.12 261st 463 43.6%
2019 60.42 187th 478 60.9%
2021 44.42 265th 483 45.1%
2022 47.54 241st 494 51.2%
2023 36.59 302nd 489 38.2%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.23 234th 417 43.9%
2019 31.14 279th 424 34.2%
2021 35.53 255th 431 40.8%
2022 55.86 136th 445 69.4%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.42 224th 466 51.9%
2019 36.32 308th 478 35.6%
2021 52.26 210th 485 56.7%
2022 54.56 196th 497 60.6%
2023 47.99 233rd 489 52.4%
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Rank History for middle school Tested In Person students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 48.61 242nd 491 50.7%
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Rank History for middle school Tested Remotely students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 68.03 86th 339 74.6%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Bellingham Memorial School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.39 286th 395 27.6%
2019 32.58 282nd 396 28.8%
2021 37.27 250th 401 37.7%
2022 37.49 234th 404 42.1%
2023 22.44 318th 403 21.1%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Bellingham Memorial School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2002 431 5 7 4 1 n/a n/a 0 448
2003 431 5 7 4 1 n/a n/a 0 448
2004 813 0 11 28 1 n/a n/a 0 853
2005 812 7 17 25 2 n/a n/a 0 863
2006 783 12 18 21 3 n/a n/a 4 841
2007 755 9 18 29 2 n/a n/a 6 819
2008 770 7 21 20 1 n/a n/a 5 824
2009 745 12 23 20 3 0 13 0 816
2010 724 14 24 30 3 0 13 0 808
2011 700 19 22 28 4 0 11 0 784
2012 660 14 16 32 3 0 9 0 734
2013 657 12 21 32 3 0 7 0 732
2014 653 13 26 26 3 0 10 0 731
2015 661 14 28 18 2 0 11 0 734
2016 653 12 29 20 0 0 12 0 726
2017 632 12 30 25 2 0 10 0 711
2018 631 14 28 30 2 0 14 0 719
2019 616 14 26 37 1 0 17 0 711
2020 574 15 17 35 0 0 14 0 655
2021 557 13 15 42 1 2 17 0 647
2022 508 10 13 48 1 5 12 1 598
2023 478 18 12 60 0 6 13 0 587

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bellingham Memorial School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 448 n/a n/a 3.3
2003 448 n/a n/a 3.3
2004 853 57.3 14.9 12.4
2005 863 57.9 14.9 10.4
2006 841 60.3 13.9 13
2007 819 60.0 13.7 15.1
2008 824 60.2 13.7 17.1
2009 816 54.8 14.9 18.6
2010 808 55.5 14.5 19.3
2011 784 52.9 14.8 22.6
2012 734 50.5 14.5 24
2013 732 54.0 13.5 25.7
2014 731 51.3 14.2 24.9
2015 734 50.0 14.6 26.4
2016 726 45.0 16.1 n/a
2017 711 47.6 14.9 n/a
2018 719 51.8 13.8 n/a
2019 711 51.4 13.8 n/a
2020 655 47.3 13.8 n/a
2021 647 47.9 13.4 n/a
2022 598 42.5 14.0 n/a
2023 587 43.9 13.3 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bellingham Memorial School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 448 n/a n/a 3.3
2003 448 n/a n/a 3.3
2004 853 57.3 14.9 12.4
2005 863 57.9 14.9 10.4
2006 841 60.3 13.9 13
2007 819 60.0 13.7 15.1
2008 824 60.2 13.7 17.1
2009 816 54.8 14.9 18.6
2010 808 55.5 14.5 19.3
2011 784 52.9 14.8 22.6
2012 734 50.5 14.5 24
2013 732 54.0 13.5 25.7
2014 731 51.3 14.2 24.9
2015 734 50.0 14.6 26.4
2016 726 45.0 16.1 n/a
2017 711 47.6 14.9 n/a
2018 719 51.8 13.8 n/a
2019 711 51.4 13.8 n/a
2020 655 47.3 13.8 n/a
2021 647 47.9 13.4 n/a
2022 598 42.5 14.0 n/a
2023 587 43.9 13.3 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Bellingham Memorial School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $341 (2.3%) $14,667 (97.7%) $15,008
2020 $338 (2.1%) $15,405 (97.9%) $15,742
2021 $746 (4.4%) $16,345 (95.6%) $17,091

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 670th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 644th of 928 Elementary schools
 1.7%
Ranks 259th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 274th of 501 Middle schools
 2.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts (Bellingham Memorial School)3333.6
 0.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Bellingham)3233.6
 1.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Bellingham Memorial School)3138.1
 7.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Bellingham)2937.9
 8.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Bellingham Memorial School)4127
 14%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Bellingham)4226.6
 15.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Bellingham Memorial School)3822.6
 15.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Bellingham)3822.4
 15.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Bellingham Memorial School)4228.3
 13.7%
   5th Grade Science (Bellingham)4228
 14%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Bellingham Memorial School)5134.6
 16.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Bellingham)5134
 17%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Bellingham Memorial School)5433.6
 20.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Bellingham)5433.5
 20.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Bellingham Memorial School)4232.9
 9.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Bellingham)4231.1
 10.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Bellingham Memorial School)4536.5
 8.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Bellingham)4434.2
 9.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
All Grades English Language Arts (Bellingham Memorial School)4132
 9%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Bellingham)4432.4
 11.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Bellingham Memorial School)4232.7
 9.3%
   All Grades Mathematics (Bellingham)4232.2
 9.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Bellingham Memorial School)4228.1
 13.9%
   All Grades Science (Bellingham)4736.4
 10.6%
   All Grades Science (Massachusetts)4741.2
 5.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students711587
 17.4%
African American1418
 28.6%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian2612
 53.8%
Hispanic3760
 62.2%
Pacific Islander06
White616478
 22.4%
Two or More Races1713
 23.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Bellingham Memorial School

Students at Bellingham Memorial School are 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% Pacific Islander.

In the 2022-23 school year, 587 students attended Bellingham Memorial School.

Students who attend Bellingham Memorial School usually go on to attend Bellingham High School

Bellingham Memorial School ranks 274th of 501 Massachusetts middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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