Talbot Innovation School

Summary:

Talbot Innovation School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Fall River, MA, a district ranked 320 out of 351 in the state and with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. With a student population of 533, the school's racial makeup is 39.77% White, 10.88% African American, 37.52% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 8.44% two or more races.

Talbot Innovation School consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Massachusetts middle schools, with a ranking between 427-469 out of 493-501 schools over the past 7 years. Its performance on MCAS Next Generation assessments is significantly below the state and district averages across all grades and subjects. For example, in 2023-2024, only 16.73% of Talbot students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 39.17% statewide and 19.52% in the Fall River district. The school also struggles to effectively serve its diverse student population, with its rankings for subgroups like African American, Hispanic, and multi-racial students in the bottom quartile of Massachusetts middle schools.

Despite having a relatively low student-teacher ratio ranging from 10.2 to 11.6 over the past 3 years, and spending more per student ($18,013 in 2020-2021) compared to the state average, Talbot Innovation School's performance has remained stagnant or declined over the past 7 years. The nearby Matthew J. Kuss Middle and Morton Middle schools, also part of the Fall River district, perform slightly better than Talbot Innovation School on MCAS assessments and have higher statewide rankings, but still struggle to meet state averages, indicating broader challenges within the district.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 124 Melrose Street
       Fall River, MA  02723


(508) 675-8350

District: Fall River

SchoolDigger Rank:
427th of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,013 Help


Students who attend Talbot Innovation School usually attend:

High:    B M C Durfee High

Feeder schools for Talbot Innovation School:

Elementary:    Samuel Watson
    William S Greene

Student/teacher ratio:  10.2 Help
Number of students:  533

Racial breakdown:

White:
39.8%
Hispanic:
37.5%
African American:
10.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  88.2% Help


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Compare Details Talbot Innovation School ranks worse than 86.6% of middle schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Fall River School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.39. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Talbot Innovation School has the smallest middle school student body size in the Fall River School District. Racial makeup is: White (39.8%), Hispanic (37.5%), African American (10.9%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Talbot Innovation School is 10.2, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Fall River School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Talbot Innovation School is $18,013, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Fall River School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Talbot Innovation School:

SchoolDigger ranks Talbot Innovation School 427th of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Talbot Innovation School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Hispanic students:
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Fall River:

SchoolDigger ranks Fall River 320th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Talbot Innovation School

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Rank History for all students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 8.49 315th 339 7.1%
2004 10.65 312th 344 9.3%
2005 11.87 321st 356 9.8%
2006 9.48 362nd 399 9.3%
2007 10.38 361st 399 9.5%
2008 13.76 360th 407 11.5%
2009 13.15 368th 409 10.0%
2010 16.46 370th 434 14.7%
2011 13.78 393rd 449 12.5%
2012 14.22 397th 455 12.7%
2013 7.85 419th 455 7.9%
2014 10.02 414th 455 9.0%
2015 6.43 419th 441 5.0%
2016 4.21 470th 482 2.5%
2017 12.19 439th 487 9.9%
2018 7.90 456th 484 5.8%
2019 7.84 463rd 498 7.0%
2021 9.17 469th 501 6.4%
2022 9.28 467th 497 6.0%
2023 11.18 458th 501 8.6%
2024 15.39 427th 493 13.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.13 74th 84 11.9%
2019 13.00 82nd 87 5.7%
2021 5.68 92nd 92 0.0%
2022 5.44 102nd 102 0.0%
2023 9.37 105th 110 4.5%
2024 6.86 97th 98 1.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.25 90th 127 29.1%
2019 27.68 135th 138 2.2%
2021 39.83 74th 135 45.2%
2022 35.63 118th 154 23.4%
2023 41.05 81st 155 47.7%
2024 34.42 146th 180 18.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.35 444th 467 4.9%
2019 12.62 456th 484 5.8%
2021 14.61 458th 489 6.3%
2022 13.69 466th 503 7.4%
2023 19.07 419th 444 5.6%
2024 22.56 378th 441 14.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.86 414th 438 5.5%
2019 13.47 419th 452 7.3%
2021 15.15 430th 462 6.9%
2022 13.83 451st 489 7.8%
2023 16.98 423rd 481 12.1%
2024 25.09 367th 469 21.7%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 53.32 7th 21 66.7%
2022 32.30 16th 26 38.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 5.25 455th 463 1.7%
2019 5.78 458th 478 4.2%
2021 8.27 465th 483 3.7%
2022 8.64 470th 494 4.9%
2023 10.80 448th 489 8.4%
2024 14.23 428th 481 11.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.03 413th 417 1.0%
2019 16.59 404th 424 4.7%
2021 21.69 393rd 431 8.8%
2022 19.69 417th 445 6.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.93 429th 466 7.9%
2019 10.40 445th 478 6.9%
2021 11.01 449th 485 7.4%
2022 10.73 466th 497 6.2%
2023 11.88 444th 489 9.2%
2024 17.30 409th 483 15.3%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 8.66 466th 491 5.1%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 19.33 296th 339 12.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.85 148th 172 14.0%
2019 10.69 189th 195 3.1%
2021 33.63 134th 193 30.6%
2022 23.63 172nd 212 18.9%
2023 24.75 173rd 209 17.2%
2024 33.35 138th 202 31.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.79 298th 309 3.6%
2019 13.38 307th 322 4.7%
2021 16.07 318th 335 5.1%
2022 18.93 340th 368 7.6%
2023 19.07 329th 364 9.6%
2024 22.52 319th 378 15.6%
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Rank History for White students at Talbot Innovation School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 2.62 390th 395 1.3%
2019 2.45 393rd 396 0.8%
2021 4.01 398th 401 0.7%
2022 3.70 401st 404 0.7%
2023 4.35 396th 403 1.7%
2024 9.73 375th 392 4.3%
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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.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Talbot Innovation School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 669 9 21 6 2 n/a n/a 0 707
1989 634 9 18 6 1 n/a n/a 0 668
1990 619 8 25 8 2 n/a n/a 0 662
1991 648 7 27 17 3 n/a n/a 0 702
1992 639 6 24 13 0 n/a n/a 0 682
1993 605 5 32 24 2 n/a n/a 0 668
1994 581 5 51 25 4 n/a n/a 0 666
1995 592 16 72 23 21 n/a n/a 0 724
1996 592 16 72 23 21 n/a n/a 0 724
1997 630 16 63 28 8 n/a n/a 0 745
1998 608 16 70 30 3 n/a n/a 0 727
1999 606 25 75 31 5 n/a n/a 0 742
2000 591 28 80 58 11 n/a n/a 0 768
2001 607 45 81 54 2 n/a n/a 0 789
2002 620 53 72 52 8 n/a n/a 0 805
2003 620 53 72 52 8 n/a n/a 0 805
2004 563 59 66 58 7 n/a n/a 0 753
2005 481 59 57 66 3 n/a n/a 0 666
2006 430 55 55 82 2 n/a n/a 8 632
2007 417 50 39 90 4 n/a n/a 5 605
2008 406 41 41 98 3 n/a n/a 9 598
2009 378 35 34 101 2 0 8 0 558
2010 373 42 33 116 2 0 10 0 576
2011 369 52 36 142 2 0 10 0 611
2012 339 44 43 149 2 0 16 0 593
2013 333 39 47 157 1 0 21 0 598
2014 432 52 52 181 4 1 33 0 755
2015 382 37 46 167 2 0 26 0 660
2016 309 41 40 151 2 0 30 0 573
2017 275 39 28 173 1 0 30 0 546
2018 229 41 24 169 0 0 43 0 506
2019 239 37 26 183 0 0 42 0 527
2020 234 42 20 188 1 0 51 0 536
2021 228 41 20 202 2 0 57 0 550
2022 247 54 19 232 2 1 65 0 620
2023 212 58 16 200 2 0 45 0 533

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Talbot Innovation School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 707 n/a n/a n/a
1989 668 n/a n/a n/a
1990 662 n/a n/a n/a
1991 702 n/a n/a n/a
1992 682 n/a n/a n/a
1993 668 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 666 n/a n/a n/a
1995 724 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 724 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 745 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 727 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 742 n/a 0.0 61.9
2000 768 n/a 0.0 62.9
2001 789 n/a 0.0 59.3
2002 805 n/a n/a 50.8
2003 805 n/a n/a 50.8
2004 753 65.0 11.6 62.2
2005 666 65.0 10.2 70.7
2006 632 63.1 10.0 68.9
2007 605 63.0 9.6 74.2
2008 598 60.3 9.9 77.6
2009 558 56.6 9.9 83
2010 576 52.4 10.9 80.7
2011 611 53.5 11.4 83.6
2012 593 54.4 10.8 83
2013 598 57.0 10.4 83.9
2014 755 64.0 11.7 81.6
2015 660 57.0 11.5 88.2
2016 573 54.0 10.6 n/a
2017 546 49.7 10.9 n/a
2018 506 49.9 10.1 n/a
2019 527 44.7 11.7 n/a
2020 536 42.5 12.6 n/a
2021 550 47.2 11.6 n/a
2022 620 53.6 11.5 n/a
2023 533 51.9 10.2 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 Talbot Innovation School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 707 n/a n/a n/a
1989 668 n/a n/a n/a
1990 662 n/a n/a n/a
1991 702 n/a n/a n/a
1992 682 n/a n/a n/a
1993 668 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 666 n/a n/a n/a
1995 724 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 724 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 745 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 727 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 742 n/a 0.0 61.9
2000 768 n/a 0.0 62.9
2001 789 n/a 0.0 59.3
2002 805 n/a n/a 50.8
2003 805 n/a n/a 50.8
2004 753 65.0 11.6 62.2
2005 666 65.0 10.2 70.7
2006 632 63.1 10.0 68.9
2007 605 63.0 9.6 74.2
2008 598 60.3 9.9 77.6
2009 558 56.6 9.9 83
2010 576 52.4 10.9 80.7
2011 611 53.5 11.4 83.6
2012 593 54.4 10.8 83
2013 598 57.0 10.4 83.9
2014 755 64.0 11.7 81.6
2015 660 57.0 11.5 88.2
2016 573 54.0 10.6 n/a
2017 546 49.7 10.9 n/a
2018 506 49.9 10.1 n/a
2019 527 44.7 11.7 n/a
2020 536 42.5 12.6 n/a
2021 550 47.2 11.6 n/a
2022 620 53.6 11.5 n/a
2023 533 51.9 10.2 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 Talbot Innovation School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,047 (6.7%) $14,588 (93.3%) $15,635
2020 $1,774 (10.6%) $15,017 (89.4%) $16,791
2021 $2,476 (13.7%) $15,537 (86.3%) $18,013

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Talbot Innovation School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 463rd of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 458th of 501 Middle schools
 1.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Talbot Innovation School)2213.7
 8.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Fall River)3918.2
 20.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Talbot Innovation School)2811.5
 16.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Fall River)3713
 24%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Talbot Innovation School)718.4
 11.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Fall River)2420.4
 3.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Talbot Innovation School)2013.2
 6.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Fall River)2514
 11%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Talbot Innovation School)1712.6
 4.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Fall River)2922.4
 6.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Talbot Innovation School)911.2
 2.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Fall River)2713.8
 13.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Talbot Innovation School)126.3
 5.8%
   8th Grade Science (Fall River)2612
 14%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Talbot Innovation School)1614.8
 1.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Fall River)3321.9
 11.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Talbot Innovation School)1811.9
 6.1%
   All Grades Mathematics (Fall River)3219.5
 12.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Talbot Innovation School)126.3
 5.8%
   All Grades Science (Fall River)2617.7
 8.3%
   All Grades Science (Massachusetts)4741.2
 5.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students527533
 1.1%
African American3758
 56.8%
American Indian02
Asian2616
 38.5%
Hispanic183200
 9.3%
Pacific Islander00
White239212
 11.3%
Two or More Races4245
 7.1%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 533 students attended Talbot Innovation School.

Students at Talbot Innovation School are 40% White, 38% Hispanic, 11% African American, 8% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

Talbot Innovation School ranks in the bottom 13.4% of Massachusetts middle schools.

Students who attend Talbot Innovation School usually go on to attend B M C Durfee High


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