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Maurice A Donahue Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
868th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 3% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Maurice A Donahue Elementary is a PK–5 school at 210 Whiting Farms Road in Holyoke, MA, serving 388 students; in 2025-2026 it ranked 868th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools, placing it in the 3rd percentile with 0 stars.

Proficiency on the 2025-2026 MCAS was ELA 9.88%, Mathematics 8.64%, and Science 21.57%, against state rates of 40.03%, 41.11%, and 40.98%. Science is the standout: it is more than double the Holyoke district rate of 10.08%. Math (8.64%) also edges the district's 6.44% — one of the few subjects where the school beats its own district. Grade 5 performs at or above district grade-level averages, while Grade 4 is the clear weak point at ELA 6.15% and Math 4.62%. The school spent $19,685 per student in 2020-2021, the most of any comparable campus, though results have not matched that spending; meanwhile its student-teacher ratio rose from 10.3 to 12.0 over three years.

Location matters here. Lt Elmer J McMahon Elementary, just 0.67 miles away, posts ELA 28.89% and Math 24.44% and ranks in the 23rd percentile — two to three times Donahue's proficiency in every subject. Schools 1.5–3 miles away in Chicopee and West Springfield — Gen John J Stefanik, Lambert-Lavoie, Barry, and Bowe — range from the 17th to the 44th percentile, and Chicopee ranks 283rd of 351 districts versus Holyoke's 346th. Holyoke Community Charter School, 0.83 miles away, posts higher ELA and Math but a student-teacher ratio of 21.2. Within Holyoke, Donahue leads nearby Kelly Elementary, Morgan Full Service Community School, and H.B. Lawrence School in every subject. Four-year trends have risen in all three subjects, with Science up 16.3 points in a single year, and Special Education students improved to the 13th percentile with 1 star.

388
Students ?
12.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$26,980
Per pupil spending ?
66.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 210 Whiting Farms Road
       Holyoke, MA  01040

(413) 534-2069

District: Holyoke


Students who attend Maurice A Donahue Elementary usually attend:

High:    Holyoke High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
78.9%
White:
13.1%
African American:
4.9%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 7th percentile in 2016 → 3rd in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (11% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)
!Mathematics scores 32 pts below the Massachusetts average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school11%
District avg9%
Massachusetts avg41%
868th of 899
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 3%▼ down 4 pts since 2016
From bottom 7% (2016) to bottom 3% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 6Elementary Schools in the Holyoke
346th of 351Holyoke 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
20267.3868 of 8993.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.2899 of 9060.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.0907 of 9161.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.5928 of 9280.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.4929 of 9320.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.1933 of 9360.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.9937 of 9420.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.0927 of 9340.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20174.2920 of 9381.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.9864 of 9327.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20152.5908 of 9140.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20143.0911 of 9261.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20133.6909 of 9282.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20124.9898 of 9303.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20115.4897 of 9242.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20106.6875 of 9204.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20095.7875 of 9093.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20083.4895 of 9081.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20075.2876 of 9113.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200610.8838 of 9118.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20054.7863 of 8872.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20047.8821 of 8826.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20036.5831 of 8846.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202214.5665 of 6721.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.4613 of 6323.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.6657 of 6651.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.7590 of 65610.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202422.1272 of 2823.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.7264 of 2640.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.6248 of 2583.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.5217 of 24411.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20269.6819 of 8695.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.9857 of 8691.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.0868 of 8862.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.0887 of 8870.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.1899 of 9010.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.9893 of 8980.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.9899 of 9020.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.3889 of 8930.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202620.0429 of 4759.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.6449 of 4582.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.2431 of 4463.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.3420 of 4200.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.0398 of 4010.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.9373 of 3791.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.9392 of 3981.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.7374 of 3791.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202616.1698 of 7425.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.3717 of 7362.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.7751 of 7601.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.2756 of 7570.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.6767 of 7720.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.7700 of 7050.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.0693 of 7001.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.0675 of 6851.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20267.8855 of 8792.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.4880 of 8840.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.1885 of 8910.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.2896 of 8960.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.9906 of 9080.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.1898 of 9040.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.3902 of 9070.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.0880 of 8982.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202621.8615 of 70913.3%★☆☆☆☆
202514.8699 of 7172.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.3719 of 7311.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.0679 of 7033.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.4901 of 9050.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.1892 of 8940.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.9891 of 8960.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.9878 of 8860.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20213.8924 of 9250.1%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20227.9474 of 4974.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.3468 of 5016.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.6470 of 4985.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.9476 of 4841.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20175.4466 of 4874.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20163.7472 of 4822.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20153.8430 of 4412.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20144.7434 of 4554.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20135.5435 of 4554.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20124.2439 of 4553.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20118.5409 of 4498.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201013.6383 of 43411.8%★☆☆☆☆
20099.2375 of 4098.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20087.6381 of 4076.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20079.1368 of 3997.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20069.8361 of 3999.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202225.8344 of 44522.7%★☆☆☆☆
201913.7419 of 4241.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.5405 of 4172.9%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
201929.3126 of 1388.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.3122 of 1273.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202210.4458 of 4947.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.8459 of 4835.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.2469 of 4781.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.6461 of 4630.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202219.2337 of 3688.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.5301 of 33510.1%★☆☆☆☆
201915.2303 of 3225.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.8306 of 3091.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202210.2466 of 4894.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.8437 of 4625.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.8433 of 4524.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.3432 of 4381.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20226.0490 of 4971.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.5448 of 4857.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.1448 of 4786.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.4463 of 4660.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202210.2481 of 5034.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.4465 of 4894.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.8464 of 4844.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.0460 of 4671.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20219.3457 of 4916.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202113.0327 of 3393.5%☆☆☆☆☆
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
Special Education (2026)13th percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2026)10th percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)6th percentile~ school
Female (2026)6th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2024)4th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)1st percentile~ school
Tested In Person (2021)<1st percentile~ school
Middle school
Disabled (2022)23rd percentile+18 vs school
English Language Learner (2019)9th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2022)8th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2022)7th percentile+3 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)7th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2022)5th percentile~ school
Special Education (2022)4th percentile~ school
Tested Remotely (2021)4th percentile-3 vs school
Male (2022)1st percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?
Science22%-19 vs state
English Language Arts10%-30 vs state
Mathematics9%-32 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 388 students attended Maurice A Donahue Elementary.

Students at Maurice A Donahue Elementary are 79% Hispanic, 13% White, 5% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Maurice A Donahue Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Holyoke High

Maurice A Donahue Elementary ranks in the bottom 3.4% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

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