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Thomas M Balliet

Public Grades PK, KG-5
675th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 25% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Thomas M Balliet is an elementary school in Springfield, MA that serves 278 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.

Thomas M Balliet consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages on MCAS Next Generation assessments. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 26.89% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 41.53% statewide and 22.11% in the Springfield district. In mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 22.5%, compared to 40.74% statewide and 17.12% in the district. The school has a low statewide ranking, typically in the bottom 25% of Massachusetts elementary schools, and has received a 1-star or 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years.

Despite its poor performance, Thomas M Balliet is located in close proximity to several other elementary schools in the Springfield district, some of which perform significantly better, such as Frank H Freedman Elementary School. The school's relatively high per-student spending, ranging from $15,369 to $18,108 in recent years, does not appear to translate into improved academic outcomes, raising questions about the efficiency and effectiveness of the school's resource utilization.

291
Students ?
13.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,505
Per pupil spending ?
81.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
61.5%
African American:
18.2%
White:
8.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 10th percentile in 2015 → 25th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 15 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (27% vs 41% meeting standards)
!Mathematics scores 18 pts below the Massachusetts average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school27%
District avg20%
Massachusetts avg41%
675th of 906
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 25%▲ up 15 pts since 2015
From bottom 10% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
12th 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
202525.4675 of 90625.5%★☆☆☆☆
202431.6623 of 91632.0%★★☆☆☆
202314.3813 of 92812.4%★☆☆☆☆
202221.5738 of 93220.8%★☆☆☆☆
202111.0852 of 9369.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.0857 of 9429.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.0872 of 9346.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201712.0855 of 9388.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.3883 of 9325.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201514.0819 of 91410.4%★☆☆☆☆
201410.3857 of 9267.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20138.5866 of 9286.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20127.3879 of 9305.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20117.1884 of 9244.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201011.5837 of 9209.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200918.2778 of 90914.4%★☆☆☆☆
200839.8610 of 90832.8%★★☆☆☆
200728.5707 of 91122.4%★☆☆☆☆
200641.2582 of 91136.1%★★☆☆☆
200559.7378 of 88757.4%★★★☆☆
200444.7522 of 88240.8%★★☆☆☆
200356.4430 of 88451.4%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202459.941 of 16775.4%★★★★☆
201823.1155 of 17410.9%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202122.0536 of 63215.2%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202524.2667 of 86923.2%★☆☆☆☆
202429.1629 of 88629.0%★☆☆☆☆
202313.3796 of 88710.3%★☆☆☆☆
202226.5672 of 90125.4%★☆☆☆☆
202115.8762 of 89815.1%★☆☆☆☆
201922.1744 of 90217.5%★☆☆☆☆
201811.9826 of 8937.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202554.5160 of 45865.1%★★★☆☆
202460.8114 of 44674.4%★★★★☆
202348.0184 of 42056.2%★★★☆☆
202250.9143 of 40164.3%★★★☆☆
202135.9232 of 37938.8%★★☆☆☆
201937.0268 of 39832.7%★★☆☆☆
201831.4284 of 37925.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202550.0336 of 73654.3%★★★☆☆
202451.9332 of 76056.3%★★★☆☆
202334.0545 of 75728.0%★☆☆☆☆
202244.4433 of 77243.9%★★☆☆☆
202125.2584 of 70517.2%★☆☆☆☆
201926.5574 of 70018.0%★☆☆☆☆
201823.3593 of 68513.4%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202529.4629 of 88428.8%★☆☆☆☆
202434.3591 of 89133.7%★★☆☆☆
202319.8735 of 89618.0%★☆☆☆☆
202219.9744 of 90818.1%★☆☆☆☆
20219.9855 of 9045.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.1870 of 9074.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.8844 of 8986.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202542.9356 of 71750.3%★★★☆☆
202355.7250 of 70364.4%★★★☆☆
202239.5566 of 90537.5%★★☆☆☆
202120.9779 of 89412.9%★☆☆☆☆
201923.0776 of 89613.4%★☆☆☆☆
201822.1788 of 88611.1%★☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20219.2878 of 9255.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202126.2288 of 39927.8%★☆☆☆☆
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 (2024)75th percentile+43 vs school
Hispanic (2025)65th percentile+40 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)54th percentile+29 vs school
Special Education (2025)50th percentile+25 vs school
Male (2025)29th percentile+3 vs school
Tested Remotely (2021)28th percentile+19 vs school
Female (2025)23rd percentile~ school
Disabled (2021)15th percentile+6 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)5th percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?
Science44%+3 vs state
English Language Arts27%-15 vs state
Mathematics22%-18 vs state

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Students at Thomas M Balliet are 62% Hispanic, 18% African American, 9% White, 8% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

Thomas M Balliet ranks 675th of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 291 students attended Thomas M Balliet.


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