John K Tarbox

Public 1-5

 59 Alder Street
       Lawrence, MA  01841


(978) 975-5983

District: Lawrence

SchoolDigger Rank:
752nd of 928 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,210 Help


Students who attend John K Tarbox usually attend:

Middle:    Oliver Middle School
High:    Lawrence High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.4 Help
Number of students:  275

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
97.1%
White:
2.2%
African American:
0.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  94.6% Help


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Compare Details John K Tarbox ranks worse than 81% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 2nd among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Lawrence School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.24. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (97.1%), White (2.2%), African American (0.4%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at John K Tarbox is 11.4. 8 elementary schools in the Lawrence School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at John K Tarbox is $17,210, which is the 6th highest among 9 elementary schools in the Lawrence School District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

John K Tarbox:

SchoolDigger ranks John K Tarbox 752nd of 928 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See John K Tarbox in the ranking list.)

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Hispanic students:


Lawrence:

SchoolDigger ranks Lawrence 342nd of 356 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for John K Tarbox

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Rank History for all students at John K Tarbox

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 1.82 879th 884 0.6%
2004 1.80 876th 882 0.7%
2005 5.23 859th 887 3.2%
2006 4.20 896th 911 1.6%
2007 6.74 859th 911 5.7%
2008 9.51 842nd 908 7.3%
2009 7.83 857th 909 5.7%
2010 13.05 821st 920 10.8%
2011 17.59 784th 924 15.2%
2012 7.97 872nd 930 6.2%
2013 26.92 722nd 928 22.2%
2014 22.83 758th 926 18.1%
2015 29.29 692nd 914 24.3%
2016 24.62 739th 932 20.7%
2017 27.48 717th 938 23.6%
2018 25.26 730th 934 21.8%
2019 19.27 796th 942 15.5%
2021 11.57 845th 936 9.7%
2022 15.28 803rd 932 13.8%
2023 19.24 752nd 928 19.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at John K Tarbox

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.88 69th 244 71.7%
2019 43.23 127th 258 50.8%
2021 28.83 214th 240 10.8%
2022 48.06 96th 267 64.0%
2023 68.12 32nd 264 87.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at John K Tarbox

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.14 453rd 886 48.9%
2019 37.10 607th 896 32.3%
2021 21.81 768th 894 14.1%
2022 29.66 679th 905 25.0%
2023 16.84 667th 703 5.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at John K Tarbox

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.79 320th 685 53.3%
2019 38.56 456th 700 34.9%
2021 28.39 546th 705 22.6%
2022 34.94 538th 772 30.3%
2023 44.72 424th 757 44.0%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at John K Tarbox

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.09 742nd 893 16.9%
2019 15.73 802nd 902 11.1%
2021 12.40 819th 898 8.8%
2022 13.34 807th 901 10.4%
2023 19.89 727th 887 18.0%
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Rank History for Male students at John K Tarbox

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.62 640th 898 28.7%
2019 24.13 736th 907 18.9%
2021 12.75 811th 904 10.3%
2022 20.19 742nd 908 18.3%
2023 21.50 715th 896 20.2%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at John K Tarbox

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 12.20 828th 925 10.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at John K Tarbox

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.46 105th 379 72.3%
2019 52.24 174th 398 56.3%
2021 39.09 211th 379 44.3%
2022 46.19 179th 401 55.4%
2023 57.78 125th 420 70.2%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Reviews:
by a parent
Friday, March 9, 2012

Open Quote I loved this school back in the late 40's and early 50's. It was a fine grammar school with some great classmates. some of those are:
Jimmmy Reitano Ruth Wood John Coppola
Joyce Earnshaw Margie Melo Ronnie Hatem
Joe Comerford Norm Meservey Billy St. Louis
Sandra Woronka Bonny Hajjar Loretta Marshall
Dickey Haddad Julie Calkowski June Dushenau
Joe Maroun Mike Campagna Patricia Waters
Louise Shaheen Jacki Moore Dicky Habbib
Eleanor Yazbek Doug Haddad Dave Rumore
Kay Kulic Joyce Savastano Mary Riordan
Marlene Melvidas Billy Petrow Ralph Forgione
Jackie Quinn Bev NIchol Arthur Soucy
Saul Goldberg John Scannell Francis Soucy
Bruce Trask Robert Trask Frank Pappalardo
Jimmy Chocquette Michael Russo Lois Cameron
Fred Curtis Earl Manning Don Povilitas

Phil Di Calogero
Nickname: Carlo
My E-mail adress is;
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Enrollment information for John K Tarbox

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 85 13 4 332 2 n/a n/a 0 436
1990 64 5 5 353 0 n/a n/a 0 427
1991 58 9 3 387 0 n/a n/a 0 457
1992 38 2 6 404 0 n/a n/a 0 450
1993 21 5 7 369 0 n/a n/a 0 402
1994 23 9 3 377 1 n/a n/a 0 413
1995 17 7 5 364 0 n/a n/a 0 393
1996 17 7 5 364 0 n/a n/a 0 393
1997 12 6 2 351 0 n/a n/a 0 371
1998 6 2 1 362 0 n/a n/a 0 371
1999 10 4 1 414 0 n/a n/a 0 429
2000 12 2 0 413 0 n/a n/a 0 427
2001 10 3 0 398 0 n/a n/a 0 411
2002 9 9 1 232 0 n/a n/a 0 251
2003 9 9 1 232 0 n/a n/a 0 251
2004 4 8 1 306 0 n/a n/a 0 319
2005 8 3 4 304 0 n/a n/a 0 319
2006 13 3 3 280 1 n/a n/a 0 300
2007 6 4 2 258 0 n/a n/a 3 273
2008 10 4 1 259 0 n/a n/a 0 274
2009 9 4 1 246 1 0 0 0 261
2010 6 5 1 261 1 0 0 0 274
2011 8 6 0 269 0 1 0 0 284
2012 6 3 0 299 0 1 0 0 309
2013 8 2 0 292 0 0 2 0 304
2014 6 2 0 327 0 0 2 0 337
2015 5 2 0 343 0 0 1 0 351
2016 7 3 0 330 0 0 1 0 341
2017 6 1 0 352 0 1 3 0 363
2018 8 1 0 315 0 0 3 0 327
2019 5 1 0 289 0 0 1 0 296
2020 7 1 0 291 0 0 1 1 301
2021 5 2 0 274 0 0 1 0 282
2022 5 3 1 264 0 0 1 0 274
2023 6 1 0 267 0 0 1 0 275

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 John K Tarbox

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 436 n/a n/a n/a
1990 427 n/a n/a n/a
1991 457 n/a n/a n/a
1992 450 n/a n/a n/a
1993 402 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 413 n/a n/a n/a
1995 393 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 393 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 371 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 371 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 429 n/a 0.0 87.4
2000 427 n/a 0.0 84.1
2001 411 n/a 0.0 86.4
2002 251 n/a n/a 76.1
2003 251 n/a n/a 76.1
2004 319 27.5 11.6 85.9
2005 319 26.3 12.1 88.4
2006 300 26.0 11.5 86.3
2007 273 26.0 10.5 82.2
2008 274 24.0 11.4 88.3
2009 261 25.0 10.4 91.2
2010 274 24.0 11.4 84.3
2011 284 25.2 11.2 88.7
2012 309 22.6 13.6 89.6
2013 304 23.0 13.2 86.8
2014 337 23.0 14.6 93.8
2015 351 21.0 16.7 94.6
2016 341 23.0 14.8 n/a
2017 363 21.0 17.2 n/a
2018 327 21.7 15.0 n/a
2019 296 22.0 13.4 n/a
2020 301 23.0 13.0 n/a
2021 282 24.7 11.3 n/a
2022 274 26.0 10.5 n/a
2023 275 24.0 11.4 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 John K Tarbox

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 436 n/a n/a n/a
1990 427 n/a n/a n/a
1991 457 n/a n/a n/a
1992 450 n/a n/a n/a
1993 402 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 413 n/a n/a n/a
1995 393 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 393 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 371 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 371 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 429 n/a 0.0 87.4
2000 427 n/a 0.0 84.1
2001 411 n/a 0.0 86.4
2002 251 n/a n/a 76.1
2003 251 n/a n/a 76.1
2004 319 27.5 11.6 85.9
2005 319 26.3 12.1 88.4
2006 300 26.0 11.5 86.3
2007 273 26.0 10.5 82.2
2008 274 24.0 11.4 88.3
2009 261 25.0 10.4 91.2
2010 274 24.0 11.4 84.3
2011 284 25.2 11.2 88.7
2012 309 22.6 13.6 89.6
2013 304 23.0 13.2 86.8
2014 337 23.0 14.6 93.8
2015 351 21.0 16.7 94.6
2016 341 23.0 14.8 n/a
2017 363 21.0 17.2 n/a
2018 327 21.7 15.0 n/a
2019 296 22.0 13.4 n/a
2020 301 23.0 13.0 n/a
2021 282 24.7 11.3 n/a
2022 274 26.0 10.5 n/a
2023 275 24.0 11.4 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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for John K Tarbox

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,122 (7.0%) $14,973 (93.0%) $16,096
2020 $909 (5.6%) $15,181 (94.4%) $16,090
2021 $1,735 (10.1%) $15,475 (89.9%) $17,210

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

Impact of COVID-19 on John K Tarbox

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 796th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 752nd of 928 Elementary schools
 3.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (John K Tarbox)3431
 3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Lawrence)3417.9
 16.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (John K Tarbox)4026.2
 13.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Lawrence)2921
 8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (John K Tarbox)3915
 24%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Lawrence)2714.6
 12.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (John K Tarbox)3735
 2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Lawrence)3016.2
 13.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (John K Tarbox)2619.7
 6.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Lawrence)2915.5
 13.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (John K Tarbox)3316.4
 16.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Lawrence)2315.4
 7.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (John K Tarbox)2327.9
 4.9%
   5th Grade Science (Lawrence)2615.9
 10.1%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (John K Tarbox)3321.7
 11.3%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Lawrence)3018.3
 11.7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (John K Tarbox)3724.5
 12.5%
   All Grades Mathematics (Lawrence)3117.3
 13.7%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (John K Tarbox)2327.9
 4.9%
   All Grades Science (Lawrence)2516.5
 8.5%
   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 Students296275
 7.1%
African American11
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic289267
 7.6%
Pacific Islander00
White56
 20%
Two or More Races11


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John K Tarbox ranks in the bottom 19.0% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Students at John K Tarbox are 97% Hispanic, 2% White.

Students who attend John K Tarbox usually go on to attend:

Middle : Oliver Middle School
High : Lawrence High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 275 students attended John K Tarbox.


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