Summary:
Shrewsbury has five elementary schools — Major Howard W. Beal School, Floral Street School, Spring Street School, Calvin Coolidge School, and Walter J. Paton School — all serving grades K–4, with 2,007 students in total and each school ranging from 269 to 623 students. The Shrewsbury district ranks 41st of 351 Massachusetts districts, in the 88th percentile with 4 stars. A key point for families: every one of these schools scores above the state in both ELA and math, so the differences that matter are the ones between the schools themselves.
Spring Street School is the top-ranked school in the current year at 86/899, in the 90th percentile, the only 5-star school, and the strongest in math at 76.42%. Walter J. Paton School has the highest ELA score at 66.09% and the best combined ELA/math average, with the smallest enrollment and lowest student-teacher ratio (12.0). Floral Street School is the most balanced, with the best 4th grade results in the group. Major Howard W. Beal School is the largest and highest-spending school, yet ranks fourth in combined proficiency. Calvin Coolidge School is the clear outlier on the low end — lowest ELA (48.39%), lowest math (60.48%), lowest rank (259/899), and the only school below district averages in both subjects.
Two patterns hold across the district: math proficiency is higher than ELA at every school, and 3rd grade ELA averages about 10.26 points above 4th grade ELA, a dip the district and state also show. Note that spending figures are from 2020–2021 and proficiency results reflect grades 3–4 only, and free/reduced-price lunch data are unavailable, so socioeconomic comparisons are not possible here.
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