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Fisher

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Fisher ranks 94 th of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

94^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Better than 90% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Summary

Fisher Elementary School in Walpole, Massachusetts serves 473 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the highly-ranked Walpole school district, which is ranked 47th out of 348 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fisher consistently outperforms state and district averages on MCAS Next Generation assessments, with proficiency rates of 62.71% in English Language Arts, 71.19% in Math, and 67.95% in Science, compared to state averages of 41.53%, 40.74%, and 41.51%, respectively. The school's performance is particularly strong among certain student subgroups, ranking 7th out of 152 Massachusetts elementary schools for its Asian student population and 43rd out of 672 schools for its population of disabled students.

When compared to nearby schools in the Walpole and Westwood districts, Fisher performs exceptionally well, with significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math. While the school's overall performance is strong, there are a few areas, such as the performance of its low socioeconomic status students, where there may be room for improvement.

463

Students ?

12.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,790

Per pupil spending ?

14.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

65 Gould Street
Walpole, MA 02081

(508) 660-7234

District: Walpole

Racial breakdown:

White:

70.8%

Asian:

13.2%

Hispanic:

9.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 95th percentile in 2015 → 90th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Massachusetts average (67% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 10% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school67%

District avg59%

Massachusetts avg41%

94^th of 906

Massachusetts public elementary schools ?

Top 10%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From top 5% (2015) to top 10% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 4Elementary Schools in the Walpole

47^th of 348Walpole 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	88.2	94 of 906	89.6%	★★★★☆
2024	90.7	65 of 916	92.9%	★★★★★
2023	84.7	138 of 928	85.1%	★★★★☆
2022	88.2	101 of 932	89.2%	★★★★☆
2021	87.3	117 of 936	87.5%	★★★★☆
2019	89.7	64 of 942	93.2%	★★★★★
2018	92.3	33 of 934	96.5%	★★★★★
2017	93.5	20 of 938	97.9%	★★★★★
2016	88.2	73 of 932	92.2%	★★★★★
2015	89.3	50 of 914	94.5%	★★★★★
2014	82.7	133 of 926	85.6%	★★★★☆
2013	84.4	115 of 928	87.6%	★★★★☆
2012	85.4	102 of 930	89.0%	★★★★☆
2011	84.1	119 of 924	87.1%	★★★★☆
2010	80.3	169 of 920	81.6%	★★★★☆
2009	73.0	251 of 909	72.4%	★★★★☆
2008	78.8	178 of 908	80.4%	★★★★☆
2007	71.7	262 of 911	71.2%	★★★★☆
2006	62.3	359 of 911	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2005	70.8	273 of 887	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2004	78.6	182 of 882	79.4%	★★★★☆
2003	80.6	170 of 884	80.8%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2024	86.5	7 of 152	95.4%	★★★★★
2023	63.6	63 of 145	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	75.8	37 of 143	74.1%	★★★★☆
2019	85.2	3 of 155	98.1%	★★★★★
2018	85.4	7 of 154	95.5%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	87.3	43 of 672	93.6%	★★★★★
2021	78.1	84 of 632	86.7%	★★★★☆
2019	77.3	104 of 665	84.4%	★★★★☆
2018	72.4	129 of 656	80.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	84.6	111 of 869	87.2%	★★★★☆
2024	88.5	69 of 886	92.2%	★★★★★
2023	84.3	127 of 887	85.7%	★★★★☆
2022	86.8	106 of 901	88.2%	★★★★☆
2021	88.2	89 of 898	90.1%	★★★★★
2019	85.5	90 of 902	90.0%	★★★★★
2018	92.2	20 of 893	97.8%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	58.3	254 of 736	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	69.9	152 of 760	80.0%	★★★★☆
2023	73.5	122 of 757	83.9%	★★★★☆
2022	77.1	108 of 772	86.0%	★★★★☆
2019	63.5	201 of 700	71.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	89.0	74 of 884	91.6%	★★★★★
2024	89.7	66 of 891	92.6%	★★★★★
2023	82.6	138 of 896	84.6%	★★★★☆
2022	86.6	101 of 908	88.9%	★★★★☆
2021	84.6	117 of 904	87.1%	★★★★☆
2019	90.7	45 of 907	95.0%	★★★★★
2018	90.0	48 of 898	94.7%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	61.5	198 of 717	72.4%	★★★★☆
2024	73.2	132 of 731	81.9%	★★★★☆
2023	74.2	126 of 703	82.1%	★★★★☆
2022	73.8	169 of 905	81.3%	★★★★☆
2021	67.5	204 of 894	77.2%	★★★★☆
2019	72.3	167 of 896	81.4%	★★★★☆
2018	80.9	98 of 886	88.9%	★★★★☆

Tested In Person

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	86.4	115 of 925	87.6%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	83.2	90 of 737	87.8%	★★★★☆
2024	84.3	78 of 753	89.6%	★★★★☆
2023	78.7	136 of 762	82.2%	★★★★☆
2022	81.3	111 of 764	85.5%	★★★★☆
2021	81.9	104 of 765	86.4%	★★★★☆
2019	85.6	60 of 780	92.3%	★★★★★
2018	87.9	41 of 772	94.7%	★★★★★

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)

Asian (2024)95th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)94th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)92nd percentile~ school

White (2025)88th percentile~ school

Tested In Person (2021)88th percentile~ school

Female (2025)87th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)72nd percentile-17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)65th percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics71%+30 vs state

Science68%+26 vs state

English Language Arts63%+21 vs state

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Schools Near Fisher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2025)				MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2025)				MCAS Next Generation Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Total
Fisher	Public	K-5	65 Gould Street	Walpole	02081	Norfolk County	Walpole	No	No	No	No	(508) 660-7234	463	37	12.5		328 (70.8%)	7 (1.5%)	44 (9.5%)	61 (13.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.5%)	88.2	94^th of 906 public elementary schools	89.6%		90.7	65^th of 916 public elementary schools	92.9%	29	62.1	60.0	66.7	62.7	67.2	78.0	65.4	71.2	68.0	68.0	$18,790
Elm Street School	Public	K-5	415 Elm Street	Walpole	02081	Norfolk County	Walpole	No	No	No	No	(508) 660-7374	438	35	12.6		351 (80.1%)	17 (3.9%)	26 (5.9%)	28 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	85.2	125^th of 906 public elementary schools	86.2%		83.3	141^st of 916 public elementary schools	84.6%	16	68.4	64.7	48.4	61.4	78.5	72.1	57.8	70.3	59.4	59.4	$17,985
Old Post Road	Public	K-5	99 Old Post Road	East Walpole	02032	Norfolk County	Walpole	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 660-7219	458	33	14.0		352 (76.9%)	9 (2.0%)	52 (11.4%)	17 (3.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.5%)	91.7	52^nd of 906 public elementary schools	94.3%		94.4	25^th of 916 public elementary schools	97.3%	27	78.3	67.5	55.2	66.4	83.1	84.3	66.0	77.2	77.3	77.3	$17,389
F A Cleveland	Public	1-5	33 George Willett Parkway	Norwood	02062	Norfolk County	Norwood	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 762-6522	339	30	11.3		221 (65.2%)	34 (10.0%)	53 (15.6%)	13 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	15 (4.4%)	62.2	345^th of 906 public elementary schools	61.9%		75	245^th of 916 public elementary schools	73.3%	100	42.9	45.6	48.6	45.9	60.7	50.0	41.4	50.0	52.9	52.9	$21,184
Balch	Public	1-5	1170 Washington Street	Norwood	02062	Norfolk County	Norwood	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 762-0694	303	29	10.4		114 (37.6%)	32 (10.6%)	126 (41.6%)	20 (6.6%)	2 (0.7%)	4 (1.3%)	5 (1.7%)	24.5	683^rd of 906 public elementary schools	24.6%		18.9	753^rd of 916 public elementary schools	17.8%	70	31.2	28.0	28.6	29.4	22.2	28.0	28.0	25.8	30.0	30.0	$22,250
George F. Willett	Public	K	100 Westover Parkway	Norwood	02062	Norfolk County	Norwood	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 762-6805	256	24	10.7		140 (54.7%)	28 (10.9%)	53 (20.7%)	17 (6.6%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	13 (5.1%)								(n/a)											$21,423
Ralph Wheelock School	Public	2-3	17 Elm Street	Medfield	02052	Norfolk County	Medfield	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 359-6316	404	22	18.1		350 (86.6%)	8 (2.0%)	18 (4.5%)	15 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)								(n/a)	72.1			72.1	79.0			79.0			$18,382
Martha Jones	Public	K-5	80 Martha Jones Rd	Westwood	02090	Norfolk County	Westwood	No	No	No	No	(781) 326-7500	275	19	14.1		218 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.3%)	27 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.6%)	97.3	2^nd of 906 public elementary schools	99.8%		96.7	6^th of 916 public elementary schools	99.3%	4	84.8	81.0	80.0	82.0	78.3	81.0	91.4	82.7	82.9	82.9	$21,857
William E Sheehan	Public	K-5	549 Pond Street	Westwood	02090	Norfolk County	Westwood	No	No	No	No	(781) 326-7500	278	24	11.7		213 (76.6%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (6.5%)	26 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.2%)	96.8	4^th of 906 public elementary schools	99.6%		97.1	4^th of 916 public elementary schools	99.6%		76.6	75.5	79.6	77.1	83.3	79.3	81.8	81.4	88.6	88.6	$23,759
Charles J Prescott	Public	1-5	66 Richland Road	Norwood	02062	Norfolk County	Norwood	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 762-6497	267	24	11.0		105 (39.3%)	40 (15.0%)	49 (18.4%)	49 (18.4%)	2 (0.7%)	4 (1.5%)	18 (6.7%)	45.1	504^th of 906 public elementary schools	44.4%		68	301^st of 916 public elementary schools	67.1%	203	36.1	46.8	35.6	39.8	38.9	55.3	24.4	39.8	35.6	35.6	$21,601

Frequently Asked Questions about Fisher

What district is Fisher in?

Walpole

Is Fisher a good school?

Fisher ranks 94^th of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Fisher attend?

Students who attend Fisher usually go on to attend:

High : Walpole High

How many students attend Fisher?

In the 2024-25 school year, 463 students attended Fisher.

What is the racial makeup of Fisher?

Students at Fisher are 71% White, 13% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American.

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