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John J Doran

Public Grades PK, KG-8
849th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 6% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

John J Doran is a PK–8 school at 101 Fountain Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, serving about 525 students as part of the Fall River district in the state's southeastern corner.

In 2025–26, John J Doran ranked 849th of 899 Massachusetts schools (6th percentile, 0 stars), a notable decline from the 12th–19th percentile range it held for most of the previous decade. All-grade proficiency was 16.45% in English language arts, 18.09% in math, and 12.26% in science, roughly 22–29 percentage points below state averages and close to or slightly below the Fall River district. Results vary a lot by grade: grades 6–8 often beat district averages, with grade 7 ELA at 30.23% and grade 7 math at 27.27%. Grades 4 and 5 are the trouble spots — 4th-grade ELA is 5.66%, 5th-grade math is 8.62%, and 5th-grade science is 8.62% against a district science average of 20.02%. Eighth-grade civics is 10.2%, near the district but far below the state's 39.77%.

Among nearby schools, John J Doran outperforms Henry Lord Community School and William S Greene in all three subjects, and is broadly comparable to Westall Elementary, Carlton M. Viveiros Elementary School, and Mary Fonseca Elementary School. It trails Letourneau Elementary School, Spencer Borden, Samuel Watson, and James Tansey, and sits far behind South in the neighboring Somerset district. Per-student spending was $17,100 (2020–21) with a 13.9 student-teacher ratio, more than some nearby schools that post higher scores. Effectiveness rankings are strongest for English language learners (48th percentile, 2 stars) and lower for low-income and special education students (both 13th percentile, 1 star).

525
Students ?
13.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,611
Per pupil spending ?
90.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 101 Fountain Street
       Fall River, MA  02721

(508) 675-8225

District: Fall River


Students who attend John J Doran usually attend:

Middle:    Matthew J Kuss Middle
High:    B M C Durfee High
Racial breakdown:

White:
41.0%
Hispanic:
35.8%
African American:
12.6%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 5th percentile in 2016 → 6th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (16% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)
!Civics scores 30 pts below the Massachusetts average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school16%
District avg17%
Massachusetts avg41%
Elementary school
849th of 899
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 6%▲ up 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
381st of 478
Massachusetts public middle schools ?
Bottom 20%▲ up 13 pts since 2016
From bottom 8% (2016) to bottom 20% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
10th of 11Elementary Schools in the Fall River
331st of 351Fall River among Massachusetts districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20269.3849 of 8995.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.4792 of 90612.6%★☆☆☆☆
202419.7743 of 91618.9%★☆☆☆☆
202317.6775 of 92816.5%★☆☆☆☆
202214.2818 of 93212.2%★☆☆☆☆
202118.7760 of 93618.8%★☆☆☆☆
201924.7749 of 94220.5%★☆☆☆☆
201817.0813 of 93413.0%★☆☆☆☆
201710.8866 of 9387.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.0886 of 9324.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201516.6791 of 91413.5%★☆☆☆☆
201417.6790 of 92614.7%★☆☆☆☆
20137.3879 of 9285.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201210.3852 of 9308.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20117.2880 of 9244.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20104.9892 of 9203.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20093.7889 of 9092.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20086.8861 of 9085.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20074.1888 of 9112.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20066.8870 of 9114.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20054.3867 of 8872.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20048.8815 of 8827.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20035.2840 of 8845.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202232.7440 of 67234.5%★★☆☆☆
202135.6403 of 63236.2%★★☆☆☆
201951.1271 of 66559.2%★★★☆☆
201834.4431 of 65634.3%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202642.1150 of 29148.5%★★☆☆☆
202531.9209 of 28125.6%★☆☆☆☆
201863.049 of 24479.9%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20269.2827 of 8694.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202516.5758 of 86912.8%★☆☆☆☆
202417.6753 of 88615.0%★☆☆☆☆
202316.0768 of 88713.4%★☆☆☆☆
202211.7829 of 9018.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.3758 of 89815.6%★☆☆☆☆
201926.1713 of 90221.0%★☆☆☆☆
201824.0720 of 89319.4%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202627.4378 of 47520.4%★☆☆☆☆
202551.5182 of 45860.3%★★★☆☆
202443.7228 of 44648.9%★★☆☆☆
202333.8294 of 42030.0%★★☆☆☆
202235.5256 of 40136.2%★★☆☆☆
202130.3280 of 37926.1%★☆☆☆☆
201948.7194 of 39851.3%★★★☆☆
201832.7277 of 37926.9%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202622.1648 of 74212.7%★☆☆☆☆
202530.5561 of 73623.8%★☆☆☆☆
202439.2480 of 76036.8%★★☆☆☆
202337.0509 of 75732.8%★★☆☆☆
202229.0598 of 77222.5%★☆☆☆☆
202130.9517 of 70526.7%★☆☆☆☆
201946.5379 of 70045.9%★★☆☆☆
201837.4479 of 68530.1%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202611.5815 of 8797.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.8790 of 88410.6%★☆☆☆☆
202423.9692 of 89122.3%★☆☆☆☆
202321.6714 of 89620.3%★☆☆☆☆
202221.0735 of 90819.1%★☆☆☆☆
202122.1708 of 90421.7%★☆☆☆☆
201925.4725 of 90720.1%★☆☆☆☆
201813.8814 of 8989.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202420.331 of 4022.5%★☆☆☆☆
202318.027 of 3318.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202621.6618 of 70912.8%★☆☆☆☆
202522.2608 of 71715.2%★☆☆☆☆
202432.9485 of 73133.7%★★☆☆☆
202341.6376 of 70346.5%★★☆☆☆
202224.7744 of 90517.8%★☆☆☆☆
202128.7678 of 89424.2%★☆☆☆☆
201945.8496 of 89644.6%★★☆☆☆
201836.7615 of 88630.6%★★☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202117.5764 of 92517.4%★☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202136.5231 of 39942.1%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20264.1721 of 7341.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.9714 of 7373.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.9711 of 7535.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.4715 of 7626.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.6736 of 7643.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.2690 of 7659.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.3700 of 78010.3%★☆☆☆☆
201811.0727 of 7725.8%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202621.2381 of 47820.3%★☆☆☆☆
202525.8353 of 48427.1%★☆☆☆☆
202430.0329 of 49333.3%★★☆☆☆
202334.4314 of 50137.3%★★☆☆☆
202221.4397 of 49720.1%★☆☆☆☆
202135.9310 of 50138.1%★★☆☆☆
201934.6332 of 49833.3%★★☆☆☆
201833.5331 of 48431.6%★★☆☆☆
201722.5380 of 48722.0%★☆☆☆☆
20169.4445 of 4827.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201519.9360 of 44118.4%★☆☆☆☆
201423.1359 of 45521.1%★☆☆☆☆
201330.3336 of 45526.2%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202221.0406 of 4458.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202614.6418 of 46810.7%★☆☆☆☆
202522.3367 of 47322.4%★☆☆☆☆
202419.7387 of 48119.5%★☆☆☆☆
202324.6367 of 48924.9%★☆☆☆☆
202218.8405 of 49418.0%★☆☆☆☆
202139.1288 of 48340.4%★★☆☆☆
201928.3358 of 47825.1%★☆☆☆☆
201839.6292 of 46336.9%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202634.2246 of 38335.8%★★☆☆☆
202546.8169 of 37655.1%★★★☆☆
202448.1153 of 37859.5%★★★☆☆
202343.5173 of 36452.5%★★★☆☆
202233.2241 of 36834.5%★★☆☆☆
202137.0205 of 33538.8%★★☆☆☆
201947.9154 of 32252.2%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202634.3310 of 46132.8%★★☆☆☆
202539.3272 of 46441.4%★★☆☆☆
202450.2201 of 46957.1%★★★☆☆
202343.6257 of 48146.6%★★☆☆☆
202232.7342 of 48930.1%★★☆☆☆
202150.0197 of 46257.4%★★★☆☆
201954.1190 of 45258.0%★★★☆☆
201854.6189 of 43856.8%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202629.1326 of 47030.6%★★☆☆☆
202530.8320 of 47332.3%★★☆☆☆
202441.7259 of 48346.4%★★☆☆☆
202344.4258 of 48947.2%★★☆☆☆
202224.5378 of 49723.9%★☆☆☆☆
202131.0325 of 48533.0%★★☆☆☆
201944.0270 of 47843.5%★★☆☆☆
201829.1339 of 46627.3%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202645.3188 of 43656.9%★★★☆☆
202416.0440 of 4410.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202336.1249 of 44443.9%★★☆☆☆
202234.8330 of 50334.4%★★☆☆☆
202150.8201 of 48958.9%★★★☆☆
201960.2149 of 48469.2%★★★☆☆
201867.0100 of 46778.6%★★★★☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202136.2306 of 49137.7%★★☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202141.3183 of 33946.0%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202615.3347 of 39311.7%★☆☆☆☆
202511.5359 of 3867.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.2319 of 39218.6%★☆☆☆☆
202323.0314 of 40322.1%★☆☆☆☆
20229.5380 of 4045.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202129.2290 of 40127.7%★☆☆☆☆
201926.0315 of 39620.5%★☆☆☆☆
201817.6343 of 39513.2%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2026)48th percentile+43 vs school
Tested Remotely (2021)42nd percentile+23 vs school
Disabled (2022)35th percentile+22 vs school
Multi-racial (2024)22nd percentile+4 vs school
Hispanic (2026)20th percentile+15 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)17th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)13th percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile+7 vs school
Male (2026)7th percentile~ school
Female (2026)5th percentile~ school
White (2026)2nd percentile-4 vs school
Middle school
Special Education (2026)57th percentile+37 vs school
Tested Remotely (2021)46th percentile+8 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)38th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)36th percentile+15 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)33rd percentile+12 vs school
Male (2026)31st percentile+10 vs school
White (2026)12th percentile-9 vs school
Female (2026)11th percentile-10 vs school
Disabled (2022)9th percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics18%-23 vs state
English Language Arts16%-24 vs state
Science12%-29 vs state
Civics10%-30 vs state

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Students who attend John J Doran usually go on to attend:

Middle : Matthew J Kuss Middle
High : B M C Durfee High

Students at John J Doran are 41% White, 36% Hispanic, 13% African American, 10% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 525 students attended John J Doran.

John J Doran ranks in the bottom 5.6% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

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