Summary:
Zip code 01069 has just one elementary school: Old Mill Pond in Palmer, MA, which serves grades PK–6 with 677 students and is part of the Palmer district. Since there is no other elementary school in this zip code to compare it to, this summary compares Old Mill Pond to its district, to Massachusetts state averages, and to its own past results. The data includes rank history for 2023–24 through 2025–26, MCAS test scores for 2024–25 and 2025–26, plus spending, student-teacher ratio, and free/reduced-lunch fields. Note that the 2024–25 free/reduced-lunch percentage is blank, so it is unknown rather than zero.
Old Mill Pond’s standout pattern is mixed. Its clearest strength is science: in 2025–26, all-grade science proficiency is 45.71%, above the district’s 33.80% and the state’s 40.98%. Grade 5 science, the grade-level science test shown, is 45.71%, slightly above the district’s 45.37% and the state’s 43.07%. In contrast, ELA and math lag well behind the state. All-grade ELA proficiency is 22.67% versus the state’s 40.03%, and math is 27.41% versus the state’s 41.11%. The school’s rank history shows 1 star in each listed year; the Palmer district is ranked 296 out of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 16th percentile, also with 1 star.
Key metrics show enrollment of 677, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1 in 2024–25, and spending per student of $17,518 in 2020–21. The school improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: its percentile rose from 23 to 27, and rank moved from 698 to 656. However, compared with 2023–24, the 2025–26 percentile is slightly lower—27 versus 28—so improvement is modest and still leaves it in the lower quartile. Science jumped from 30.16% in 2024–25 to 45.71% in 2025–26, moving from below to above the state average. ELA slipped from 23.48% to 22.67%, and math slipped from 28.22% to 27.41%. The weakest grade-level results are ELA 5th grade at 16.19%, ELA 6th grade at 18.31%, and math 6th grade at 23.94%. The strongest is science 5th grade at 45.71%. Context data is limited: free/reduced lunch is blank, and spending is from 2020–21. Bottom line: science is the bright spot, while ELA and math remain well below state averages, especially in grades 5 and 6.
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