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Arthur T Talmadge

Public Grades PK, KG-5
780th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 14% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Arthur T Talmadge is an elementary school located in Springfield, MA, serving 224 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Springfield school district, which is ranked 321 out of 348 districts in Massachusetts and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Arthur T Talmadge consistently ranks in the bottom 20-25% of Massachusetts elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in MCAS Next Generation assessments for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly lower than the state and district averages. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates were 18.82% in ELA, 22.09% in Math, and 20% in Science, compared to the state averages of 41.53%, 40.74%, and 41.51%, respectively. The school's performance is particularly weak in 4th and 5th grade MCAS assessments, with proficiency rates often below 20%.

While Arthur T Talmadge struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of Massachusetts elementary schools for female, male, special education, and low socioeconomic status students, the school performs relatively better for its Hispanic student population, ranking in the top 20-25% of Massachusetts elementary schools in recent years. Several nearby schools, such as Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School, Frank H Freedman, and Frederick Harris, outperform Arthur T Talmadge on academic measures, suggesting that the local community has access to higher-quality educational options.

196
Students ?
8.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$27,574
Per pupil spending ?
83.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
65.8%
African American:
13.3%
White:
9.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 36th percentile in 2015 → 14th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 8 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (20% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 22 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school20%
District avg20%
Massachusetts avg41%
780th of 906
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 14%▼ down 22 pts since 2015
From bottom 36% (2015) to bottom 14% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
23rd of 32Elementary Schools in the Springfield
321st of 348Springfield 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202516.1780 of 90613.9%★☆☆☆☆
202416.7780 of 91614.8%★☆☆☆☆
202323.7705 of 92824.0%★☆☆☆☆
202215.1806 of 93213.5%★☆☆☆☆
20219.7878 of 9366.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.2875 of 9427.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.8798 of 93414.6%★☆☆☆☆
201717.7805 of 93814.2%★☆☆☆☆
201633.0665 of 93228.6%★☆☆☆☆
201541.5584 of 91436.1%★★☆☆☆
201428.1715 of 92622.8%★☆☆☆☆
201366.7341 of 92863.3%★★★☆☆
201270.4299 of 93067.8%★★★☆☆
201176.5224 of 92475.8%★★★★☆
201063.8356 of 92061.3%★★★☆☆
200967.3322 of 90964.6%★★★☆☆
200870.2276 of 90869.6%★★★☆☆
200778.1188 of 91179.4%★★★★☆
200686.994 of 91189.7%★★★★☆
200583.2135 of 88784.8%★★★★☆
200484.3119 of 88286.5%★★★★☆
200381.9148 of 88483.3%★★★★☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202382.815 of 16791.0%★★★★★
202125.0144 of 16613.3%★☆☆☆☆
201925.6149 of 17213.4%★☆☆☆☆
201859.253 of 17469.5%★★★★☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202215.1658 of 6722.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.6566 of 63210.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202521.8698 of 86919.7%★☆☆☆☆
202419.5732 of 88617.4%★☆☆☆☆
202332.1606 of 88731.7%★★☆☆☆
202223.7705 of 90121.8%★☆☆☆☆
202112.1823 of 8988.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.2856 of 9025.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.4732 of 89318.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202533.9316 of 45831.0%★★☆☆☆
202451.2174 of 44661.0%★★★☆☆
202366.389 of 42078.8%★★★★☆
202244.1196 of 40151.1%★★★☆☆
202139.4208 of 37945.1%★★☆☆☆
201940.5244 of 39838.7%★★☆☆☆
201844.5210 of 37944.6%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202532.8541 of 73626.5%★☆☆☆☆
202432.9553 of 76027.2%★☆☆☆☆
202345.1420 of 75744.5%★★☆☆☆
202231.0576 of 77225.4%★☆☆☆☆
202118.9643 of 7058.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.3559 of 70020.1%★☆☆☆☆
201842.9415 of 68539.4%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202515.1786 of 88411.1%★☆☆☆☆
202416.9768 of 89113.8%★☆☆☆☆
202318.4746 of 89616.7%★☆☆☆☆
202210.8850 of 9086.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.5859 of 9045.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.7787 of 90713.2%★☆☆☆☆
201818.8770 of 89814.3%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202515.5693 of 7173.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.5571 of 73121.9%★☆☆☆☆
202321.4619 of 70311.9%★☆☆☆☆
202227.6706 of 90522.0%★☆☆☆☆
202115.3843 of 8945.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.9778 of 89613.2%★☆☆☆☆
201838.0592 of 88633.2%★★☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20219.3875 of 9255.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202123.5307 of 39923.1%★☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2023)91st percentile+67 vs school
Hispanic (2025)31st percentile+17 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile+13 vs school
Tested Remotely (2021)23rd percentile+17 vs school
Female (2025)20th percentile+6 vs school
Male (2025)11th percentile-3 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)5th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)3rd percentile-11 vs school
Disabled (2022)2nd percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics22%-19 vs state
Science20%-22 vs state
English Language Arts19%-23 vs state

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