Summary:
ZIP code 02721 on Fall River's south side contains four district-run elementary schools — Henry Lord Community School (PK–8, 817 students), William S Greene (PK–5, 733), Letourneau Elementary School (PK–5, 566) and John J Doran (PK–8, 525), serving 2,641 students combined. All sit within the Fall River district, which ranks near the bottom of Massachusetts districts, so comparisons here are differences between schools in the same struggling system.
Letourneau Elementary School is the clear standout: it is the only school above the district average in every subject, the only one improving in all three subjects year over year, and the only one holding a star rating. Its science score is roughly double the district average. Henry Lord Community School and John J Doran land near the district average overall, but for different reasons — Henry Lord is held down by very low science, while Doran's weakness is concentrated in grades 4–5, even though its 7th grade math is a relative bright spot. William S Greene has the lowest results in the group and the steepest downward trend.
Two patterns matter most for families. First, science is the sharpest divider: three of the four schools fall well below the district's already-low science average, and the gap between the best and worst school is more than fivefold. Second, the group is splitting apart — Letourneau gained ground in every subject while Greene and Doran lost ground in all three, widening the percentile gap between top and bottom. Notably, spending per student and class size are nearly identical across these schools and do not track with results; the highest-spending school ranks near the bottom. Reading three-year trends is more reliable than any single year, since small grade-level cohorts swing widely.
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