Summary:
Zip code 02724 in Fall River contains just one elementary school: Carlton M. Viveiros Elementary School, a K–5 school at 525 Slade Street with 712 students, serving a large elementary population within the Fall River district. Because it is the only elementary school in the zip code, there are no in-area peer comparisons — the useful benchmarks are the district and the state of Massachusetts.
Overall, achievement at Carlton M. Viveiros sits far below Massachusetts averages. In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency was about 16–19% at the school versus roughly 40–41% statewide in ELA, mathematics, and science — less than half the state rate in each subject. Against its own district, mathematics is the relative bright spot: the school beat Fall River in all-grade math in both reported years (19.15% vs. 18.24% in 2025–2026, and 21.89% vs. 18.19% in 2024–2025). Grade-level results vary sharply. Fourth grade mathematics is the strongest single result at 31.40%, which is 6.68 points above the district and 11.80 points below the state. By contrast, third grade mathematics is 11.21%, which is 10.15 points below the district and 30.98 points below the state, and third grade ELA is 13.08%, 8.10 points below the district and 29.71 points below the state. Fifth grade ELA was the only ELA grade to edge past the district (20.00% vs. 18.70%).
Rank history shows consistent low performance without a clear upward trend: the school placed 801 of 916 (13th percentile) in 2023–2024, 808 of 906 (11th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 810 of 899 (10th percentile) in 2025–2026, holding 1 star each year. The district itself is ranked 331 of 351 statewide, in the 6th percentile with 0 stars. Note that free/reduced lunch data is not reported in this extract, and per-student spending of $15,873 is from 2020–2021, so it may not reflect current resources.
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