Dudley Elementary

Summary:

Dudley Elementary is a public elementary school serving grades 2-4 in the Dudley-Charlton Regional school district, located in Dudley, MA. With 343 students, the school has a predominantly White student population (76.38%), along with significant Hispanic (14.58%) and smaller percentages of other racial groups.

Dudley Elementary consistently outperforms the district and the state of Massachusetts in MCAS Next Generation proficiency rates for both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grades. The school's performance is particularly strong in Mathematics, with 4th-grade students achieving a 60% proficiency rate, compared to 54.14% for the district and 45.54% for the state. Additionally, the school's Hispanic, special education, and low socioeconomic status (SES) students perform well, ranking in the top half of Massachusetts elementary schools in recent years.

Compared to nearby schools, Dudley Elementary's performance is generally stronger than the other schools in the Dudley-Charlton Regional district, as well as the schools in the Southbridge and Oxford districts. The nearby Sutton Elementary and Sutton Early Learning schools have performance more comparable to Dudley Elementary, but still lag behind in some areas. Overall, Dudley Elementary stands out as a strong-performing school within its regional context, with a particular emphasis on equity and inclusion for its diverse student population.


Detail:

Public 2-4

 16 School Street
       Dudley, MA  01571


(508) 943-3351

District: Dudley-Charlton Regional

SchoolDigger Rank:
464th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,985 Help


Students who attend Dudley Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Dudley Middle School
High:    Shepherd Hill Regional High

Student/teacher ratio:  13.4 Help
Number of students:  343

Racial breakdown:

White:
76.4%
Hispanic:
14.6%
Two or more races:
4.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  34.4% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Dudley Elementary ranks worse than 50.7% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 50.85. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (76.4%), Hispanic (14.6%), two or more races (4.7%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dudley Elementary is 13.4. 2 elementary schools in the Dudley-Charlton Regional School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dudley Elementary is $14,985, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Dudley-Charlton Regional School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dudley Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Dudley Elementary 464th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Dudley Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Dudley-Charlton Regional:

SchoolDigger ranks Dudley-Charlton Regional 235th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Dudley Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Dudley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 50.74 481st 884 45.6%
2004 59.73 388th 882 56.0%
2005 70.64 274th 887 69.1%
2006 58.42 399th 911 56.2%
2007 56.54 437th 911 52.0%
2008 64.24 342nd 908 62.3%
2009 64.08 348th 909 61.7%
2010 65.14 345th 920 62.5%
2011 73.32 267th 924 71.1%
2012 69.79 306th 930 67.1%
2013 72.07 273rd 928 70.6%
2014 69.41 295th 926 68.1%
2015 69.11 292nd 914 68.1%
2016 45.47 548th 932 41.2%
2017 58.15 400th 938 57.4%
2018 61.44 381st 934 59.2%
2019 59.08 397th 942 57.9%
2021 50.18 483rd 936 48.4%
2022 54.95 434th 932 53.4%
2023 63.23 349th 928 62.4%
2024 50.85 464th 916 49.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dudley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 37.30 173rd 282 38.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Dudley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.12 345th 886 61.1%
2019 59.70 301st 896 66.4%
2021 45.32 476th 894 46.8%
2022 47.12 467th 905 48.4%
2023 66.48 179th 703 74.5%
2024 49.65 303rd 731 58.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dudley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.78 139th 685 79.7%
2019 70.12 148th 700 78.9%
2021 63.39 199th 705 71.8%
2022 52.89 341st 772 55.8%
2023 80.42 72nd 757 90.5%
2024 69.91 151st 760 80.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Dudley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.44 374th 893 58.1%
2019 54.03 430th 902 52.3%
2021 53.50 419th 898 53.3%
2022 53.37 438th 901 51.4%
2023 55.36 413th 887 53.4%
2024 46.45 483rd 886 45.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Dudley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.32 242nd 656 63.1%
2019 62.24 192nd 665 71.1%
2021 49.02 277th 632 56.2%
2022 57.25 229th 672 65.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Dudley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.71 361st 898 59.8%
2019 62.12 345th 907 62.0%
2021 46.48 482nd 904 46.7%
2022 54.69 419th 908 53.9%
2023 69.08 279th 896 68.9%
2024 55.49 395th 891 55.7%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Dudley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 50.66 471st 925 49.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dudley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.49 68th 379 82.1%
2019 94.37 15th 398 96.2%
2022 71.22 66th 401 83.5%
2023 77.14 51st 420 87.9%
2024 88.18 24th 446 94.6%
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Rank History for White students at Dudley Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.92 399th 772 48.3%
2019 46.65 448th 780 42.6%
2021 37.76 512th 765 33.1%
2022 43.50 457th 764 40.2%
2023 55.22 338th 762 55.6%
2024 36.77 515th 753 31.6%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Dudley Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 322 4 3 4 0 n/a n/a 0 333
1989 336 1 9 1 0 n/a n/a 0 347
1990 340 2 6 5 1 n/a n/a 0 354
1991 360 6 9 10 0 n/a n/a 0 385
1992 337 3 1 12 0 n/a n/a 0 353
1993 301 2 0 12 0 n/a n/a 0 315
1994 293 0 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 302
1995 311 3 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 324
1996 311 3 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 324
1997 341 4 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 350
1998 335 2 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 342
1999 232 1 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 239
2000 291 2 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 299
2001 375 1 1 9 0 n/a n/a 0 386
2002 405 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 408
2003 405 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 408
2004 402 1 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 407
2005 382 2 0 6 0 n/a n/a 0 390
2006 394 2 0 11 1 n/a n/a 2 410
2007 394 1 0 14 1 n/a n/a 1 411
2008 410 1 0 13 1 n/a n/a 5 430
2009 383 2 0 20 0 5 7 0 417
2010 408 4 0 22 1 5 9 0 449
2011 384 5 0 27 1 5 11 0 433
2012 376 5 0 21 1 2 7 0 412
2013 352 9 0 24 1 7 9 0 402
2014 352 9 0 25 0 6 4 0 396
2015 340 6 5 22 0 0 8 0 381
2016 314 10 4 23 0 0 10 0 361
2017 321 10 1 31 0 0 10 0 373
2018 325 12 1 40 0 0 13 0 391
2019 310 9 1 37 0 0 12 0 369
2020 299 11 2 40 0 0 12 0 364
2021 270 8 3 39 1 0 8 0 329
2022 274 11 2 45 1 0 10 0 343
2023 262 13 1 50 1 0 16 0 343

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dudley Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 333 n/a n/a n/a
1989 347 n/a n/a n/a
1990 354 n/a n/a n/a
1991 385 n/a n/a n/a
1992 353 n/a n/a n/a
1993 315 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 302 n/a n/a n/a
1995 324 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 324 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 350 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 342 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 239 n/a 0.0 0
2000 299 n/a 0.0 11
2001 386 n/a 0.0 12.4
2002 408 n/a n/a 0.2
2003 408 n/a n/a 0.2
2004 407 27.1 15.0 14.3
2005 390 27.2 14.3 14.1
2006 410 30.0 13.7 16.4
2007 411 29.0 14.2 17.6
2008 430 31.0 13.9 19.1
2009 417 24.6 17.0 18.2
2010 449 23.9 18.7 20.5
2011 433 28.9 14.9 19.9
2012 412 27.9 14.7 22.8
2013 402 27.2 14.7 23.1
2014 396 27.6 14.3 28.8
2015 381 27.0 14.1 34.4
2016 361 25.0 14.4 n/a
2017 373 25.8 14.4 n/a
2018 391 28.0 13.9 n/a
2019 369 27.5 13.4 n/a
2020 364 28.4 12.8 n/a
2021 329 21.5 15.3 n/a
2022 343 29.7 11.5 n/a
2023 343 25.5 13.4 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Dudley Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 333 n/a n/a n/a
1989 347 n/a n/a n/a
1990 354 n/a n/a n/a
1991 385 n/a n/a n/a
1992 353 n/a n/a n/a
1993 315 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 302 n/a n/a n/a
1995 324 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 324 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 350 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 342 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 239 n/a 0.0 0
2000 299 n/a 0.0 11
2001 386 n/a 0.0 12.4
2002 408 n/a n/a 0.2
2003 408 n/a n/a 0.2
2004 407 27.1 15.0 14.3
2005 390 27.2 14.3 14.1
2006 410 30.0 13.7 16.4
2007 411 29.0 14.2 17.6
2008 430 31.0 13.9 19.1
2009 417 24.6 17.0 18.2
2010 449 23.9 18.7 20.5
2011 433 28.9 14.9 19.9
2012 412 27.9 14.7 22.8
2013 402 27.2 14.7 23.1
2014 396 27.6 14.3 28.8
2015 381 27.0 14.1 34.4
2016 361 25.0 14.4 n/a
2017 373 25.8 14.4 n/a
2018 391 28.0 13.9 n/a
2019 369 27.5 13.4 n/a
2020 364 28.4 12.8 n/a
2021 329 21.5 15.3 n/a
2022 343 29.7 11.5 n/a
2023 343 25.5 13.4 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Dudley Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $310 (2.6%) $11,786 (97.4%) $12,096
2020 $261 (1.9%) $13,253 (98.1%) $13,513
2021 $928 (6.2%) $14,057 (93.8%) $14,985

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Dudley Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 397th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 349th of 928 Elementary schools
 4.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Dudley Elementary)5248.1
 3.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Dudley-Charlton Regional)6143.7
 17.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Dudley Elementary)4737.7
 9.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Dudley-Charlton Regional)5233.3
 18.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Dudley Elementary)6949.2
 19.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Dudley-Charlton Regional)6644.2
 21.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Dudley Elementary)5963.3
 4.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Dudley-Charlton Regional)6259.2
 2.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Dudley Elementary)6148.7
 12.3%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Dudley-Charlton Regional)5841.5
 16.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Dudley Elementary)5351.3
 1.7%
   All Grades Mathematics (Dudley-Charlton Regional)4938.8
 10.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students369343
 7%
African American913
 44.4%
American Indian01
Asian11
Hispanic3750
 35.1%
Pacific Islander00
White310262
 15.5%
Two or More Races1216
 33.3%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 343 students attended Dudley Elementary.

Students at Dudley Elementary are 76% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American.

Students who attend Dudley Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Dudley Middle School
High : Shepherd Hill Regional High

Dudley Elementary ranks 464th of 916 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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