William R. Peck School

Public 4-8

 1916 Northampton Street
       Holyoke, MA  01040


(413) 534-2040

District: Holyoke

SchoolDigger Rank:
490th of 501 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $22,886 Help


Students who attend William R. Peck School usually attend:

High:    Holyoke High

Feeder schools for William R. Peck School:

Elementary:    H.B. Lawrence School

Student/teacher ratio:  8.4 Help
Number of students:  192

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
78.6%
White:
9.9%
African American:
6.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  85.2% Help


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Compare Details William R. Peck School ranks worse than 99.9% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 2.91. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 5.56. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at William R. Peck School is $22,886.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

William R. Peck School:

SchoolDigger ranks William R. Peck School 927th of 928 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See William R. Peck School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks William R. Peck School 490th of 501 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See William R. Peck School in the ranking list.)

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Holyoke:

SchoolDigger ranks Holyoke 351st of 356 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for William R. Peck School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2010 1.82 912th 920 0.9%
2011 5.20 899th 924 2.7%
2012 5.03 896th 930 3.7%
2013 5.11 895th 928 3.6%
2014 1.70 919th 926 0.8%
2015 2.77 905th 914 1.0%
2016 2.77 925th 932 0.8%
2017 1.60 936th 938 0.2%
2018 1.57 931st 934 0.3%
2019 1.71 938th 942 0.4%
2021 3.79 935th 936 0.1%
2022 3.87 926th 932 0.6%
2023 2.91 927th 928 0.1%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.77 223rd 244 8.6%
2019 23.42 225th 258 12.8%
2021 44.49 98th 240 59.2%
2022 26.23 238th 267 10.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.24 883rd 886 0.3%
2019 5.03 890th 896 0.7%
2021 6.29 893rd 894 0.1%
2022 6.03 898th 905 0.8%
2023 18.67 653rd 703 7.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.79 683rd 685 0.3%
2019 6.38 692nd 700 1.1%
2021 7.26 703rd 705 0.3%
2022 6.88 765th 772 0.9%
2023 5.07 757th 757 0.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 26.12 10th 11 9.1%
2023 13.93 12th 12 0.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.35 892nd 893 0.1%
2019 2.16 898th 902 0.4%
2021 4.05 897th 898 0.1%
2022 4.19 898th 901 0.3%
2023 3.54 886th 887 0.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.59 615th 656 6.3%
2019 17.47 623rd 665 6.3%
2021 20.12 561st 632 11.2%
2022 22.10 578th 672 14.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 2.86 893rd 898 0.6%
2019 2.36 905th 907 0.2%
2021 4.77 900th 904 0.4%
2022 4.71 903rd 908 0.6%
2023 3.59 893rd 896 0.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Tested In Person students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 4.10 923rd 925 0.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.78 377th 379 0.5%
2019 6.51 396th 398 0.5%
2021 11.17 376th 379 0.8%
2022 11.18 397th 401 1.0%
2023 9.37 419th 420 0.2%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for William R. Peck School

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Rank History for all middle school students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2010 2.86 423rd 434 2.5%
2011 4.66 430th 449 4.2%
2012 3.55 443rd 455 2.6%
2013 4.51 442nd 455 2.9%
2014 2.73 445th 455 2.2%
2015 2.00 434th 441 1.6%
2016 5.01 467th 482 3.1%
2017 4.32 473rd 487 2.9%
2018 4.74 471st 484 2.7%
2019 3.11 488th 498 2.0%
2021 5.03 498th 501 0.6%
2022 4.92 491st 497 1.2%
2023 5.56 490th 501 2.2%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.93 121st 127 4.7%
2019 26.78 136th 138 1.4%
2021 41.62 65th 135 51.9%
2022 35.57 121st 154 21.4%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.38 458th 467 1.9%
2019 5.71 475th 484 1.9%
2021 8.07 486th 489 0.6%
2022 7.27 496th 503 1.4%
2023 34.94 256th 444 42.3%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.33 430th 438 1.8%
2019 5.87 443rd 452 2.0%
2021 8.08 459th 462 0.6%
2022 7.51 479th 489 2.0%
2023 8.42 464th 481 3.5%
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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 18.20 24th 25 4.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 6.12 451st 463 2.6%
2019 2.28 476th 478 0.4%
2021 5.25 483rd 483 0.0%
2022 5.01 490th 494 0.8%
2023 7.03 473rd 489 3.3%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.23 409th 417 1.9%
2019 15.39 410th 424 3.3%
2021 18.93 412th 431 4.4%
2022 20.10 413th 445 7.2%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.56 462nd 466 0.9%
2019 4.21 472nd 478 1.3%
2021 5.59 483rd 485 0.4%
2022 5.69 492nd 497 1.0%
2023 5.62 479th 489 2.0%
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Rank History for middle school Tested In Person students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 5.62 486th 491 1.0%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at William R. Peck School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.22 302nd 309 2.3%
2019 8.84 317th 322 1.6%
2021 11.93 333rd 335 0.6%
2022 12.75 360th 368 2.2%
2023 12.62 351st 364 3.6%
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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.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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by a teacher
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Open Quote This school is not safe. Students run around the halls all day. Teachers have been assaulted. Fights and bullying are rampant. The administration sweeps these problems under the rug to give an illusion of improvement. The P3 program utilized by the school is of poor quality. Students wind up spending their days on chromebooks pretending to work, then the school manipulates the data .Peck school, and the Holyoke district, as nothing but a testing ground for poorly conceived reform practices so that it may satisfy political pressures from the state. Do not send your children here! Close Quote



Enrollment information for William R. Peck School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2009 55 28 10 554 0 0 0 0 647
2010 28 34 5 534 0 0 0 0 601
2011 27 34 7 544 0 0 0 0 612
2012 39 30 5 618 0 0 1 0 693
2013 45 25 5 588 0 0 1 0 664
2014 23 9 4 352 0 0 1 0 389
2015 26 9 5 329 0 0 2 0 371
2016 19 4 2 299 0 0 5 0 329
2017 23 7 0 333 0 1 2 0 366
2018 20 15 0 299 0 2 3 0 339
2019 24 8 1 243 0 0 1 0 277
2020 16 10 1 233 0 0 1 0 261
2021 15 7 0 229 0 0 4 0 255
2022 17 15 0 177 0 0 7 0 216
2023 19 13 0 151 0 0 9 0 192

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

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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 William R. Peck School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2009 647 62.8 10.3 81.6
2010 601 59.6 10.0 88.2
2011 612 55.3 11.0 92.5
2012 693 56.0 12.3 95.4
2013 664 60.4 10.9 88.9
2014 389 45.2 8.5 93.3
2015 371 39.0 9.5 85.2
2016 329 36.0 9.1 n/a
2017 366 33.2 11.0 n/a
2018 339 34.0 9.9 n/a
2019 277 26.5 10.4 n/a
2020 261 24.1 10.8 n/a
2021 255 24.2 10.5 n/a
2022 216 22.1 9.7 n/a
2023 192 22.7 8.4 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 William R. Peck School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2009 647 62.8 10.3 81.6
2010 601 59.6 10.0 88.2
2011 612 55.3 11.0 92.5
2012 693 56.0 12.3 95.4
2013 664 60.4 10.9 88.9
2014 389 45.2 8.5 93.3
2015 371 39.0 9.5 85.2
2016 329 36.0 9.1 n/a
2017 366 33.2 11.0 n/a
2018 339 34.0 9.9 n/a
2019 277 26.5 10.4 n/a
2020 261 24.1 10.8 n/a
2021 255 24.2 10.5 n/a
2022 216 22.1 9.7 n/a
2023 192 22.7 8.4 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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for William R. Peck School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $3,473 (15.1%) $19,541 (84.9%) $23,014
2020 $2,857 (12.7%) $19,629 (87.3%) $22,486
2021 $2,730 (11.9%) $20,156 (88.1%) $22,886

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

Impact of COVID-19 on William R. Peck School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 938th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 927th of 928 Elementary schools
 0.3%
Ranks 488th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 490th of 501 Middle schools
 0.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts (William R. Peck School)42.9
 1.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Holyoke)157.4
 7.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (William R. Peck School)62.9
 3.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Holyoke)167.1
 8.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (William R. Peck School)185.3
 12.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Holyoke)1911.2
 7.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (William R. Peck School)70
 7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Holyoke)124.3
 7.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (William R. Peck School)135.3
 7.7%
   5th Grade Science (Holyoke)167.7
 8.3%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (William R. Peck School)62.7
 3.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Holyoke)138.6
 4.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (William R. Peck School)20
 2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Holyoke)86.7
 1.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (William R. Peck School)33.2
 0.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Holyoke)164.7
 11.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (William R. Peck School)33.2
 0.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Holyoke)72.7
 4.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (William R. Peck School)1216.7
 4.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Holyoke)1911
 8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (William R. Peck School)70
 7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Holyoke)114.9
 6.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (William R. Peck School)88.3
 0.3%
   8th Grade Science (Holyoke)127
 5%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (William R. Peck School)95.5
 3.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Holyoke)189.4
 8.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (William R. Peck School)51.2
 3.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Holyoke)126.2
 5.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (William R. Peck School)116.5
 4.6%
   All Grades Science (Holyoke)147.4
 6.6%
   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 Students277192
 30.7%
African American813
 62.5%
American Indian00
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic243151
 37.9%
Pacific Islander00
White2419
 20.8%
Two or More Races19
 800%


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Students at William R. Peck School are 79% Hispanic, 10% White, 7% African American, 5% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 192 students attended William R. Peck School.

Students who attend William R. Peck School usually go on to attend Holyoke High

William R. Peck School ranks in the bottom 2.2% of Massachusetts middle schools.


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