Samuel Watson

Summary:

Samuel Watson is an elementary school located in Fall River, MA, serving 242 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Fall River school district, which is ranked 320 out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Samuel Watson consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of Massachusetts elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. The school's proficiency rates in MCAS Next Generation assessments for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly lower than the state and district averages across all grades. For example, in 2023-2024, only 18.35% of Samuel Watson students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 39.17% statewide and 19.52% in the Fall River district. The school's performance is particularly low for White and Special Education student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 20% and bottom 25% of Massachusetts elementary schools, respectively.

While the school's Hispanic and English Language Learner (ELL) student subgroups perform relatively better compared to the school's overall performance, the White, Female, and Male student subgroups all rank in the bottom 20% of Massachusetts elementary schools. Despite spending more per student than the state average, Samuel Watson's performance remains low, suggesting that the school may be facing challenges in effectively allocating and utilizing its resources to support student learning. The school's higher student-teacher ratio compared to nearby schools may also be a contributing factor to its academic struggles.


Detail:

Public K-5

 935 Eastern Avenue
       Fall River, MA  02723


(508) 675-8240

District: Fall River

SchoolDigger Rank:
811th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,397 Help


Students who attend Samuel Watson usually attend:

Middle:    Talbot Innovation School
High:    B M C Durfee High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.1 Help
Number of students:  265

Racial breakdown:

White:
39.2%
Hispanic:
29.4%
African American:
17.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  84.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Samuel Watson ranks worse than 88.5% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 7th among 10 ranked elementary schools in the Fall River School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.42. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Samuel Watson has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Fall River School District. Student population at Samuel Watson is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (39.2%), Hispanic (29.4%), African American (17%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Samuel Watson is 12.1, which is the 2nd best among 10 elementary schools in the Fall River School District. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Samuel Watson is $17,397, which is the highest among 10 elementary schools in the Fall River School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Samuel Watson:

SchoolDigger ranks Samuel Watson 811th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Samuel Watson in the ranking list.)

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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 Samuel Watson

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Rank History for all students at Samuel Watson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 14.87 761st 884 13.9%
2004 16.38 745th 882 15.5%
2005 6.89 844th 887 4.8%
2006 18.29 773rd 911 15.1%
2007 6.22 868th 911 4.7%
2008 5.42 872nd 908 4.0%
2009 15.51 797th 909 12.3%
2010 12.38 831st 920 9.7%
2011 7.09 885th 924 4.2%
2012 3.55 911th 930 2.0%
2013 2.01 920th 928 0.9%
2014 3.66 906th 926 2.2%
2015 2.33 909th 914 0.5%
2016 3.97 919th 932 1.4%
2017 6.24 903rd 938 3.7%
2018 5.62 911th 934 2.5%
2019 5.28 919th 942 2.4%
2021 14.23 803rd 936 14.2%
2022 13.86 821st 932 11.9%
2023 14.58 811th 928 12.6%
2024 14.42 811th 916 11.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Samuel Watson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 20.71 25th 31 19.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Samuel Watson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 62.98 50th 282 82.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Samuel Watson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.55 832nd 886 6.1%
2019 10.08 877th 896 2.1%
2021 28.38 681st 894 23.8%
2022 23.80 758th 905 16.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Samuel Watson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.58 625th 685 8.8%
2019 12.24 679th 700 3.0%
2021 37.25 455th 705 35.5%
2022 28.12 602nd 772 22.0%
2023 27.80 604th 757 20.2%
2024 26.86 618th 760 18.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Samuel Watson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.29 851st 893 4.7%
2019 5.03 887th 902 1.7%
2021 16.67 751st 898 16.4%
2022 14.10 795th 901 11.8%
2023 15.05 779th 887 12.2%
2024 14.69 789th 886 10.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Samuel Watson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 5.96 881st 898 1.9%
2019 8.35 868th 907 4.3%
2021 13.32 801st 904 11.4%
2022 15.91 787th 908 13.3%
2023 15.98 774th 896 13.6%
2024 20.10 732nd 891 17.8%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Samuel Watson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 15.14 789th 925 14.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Samuel Watson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.70 371st 379 2.1%
2024 41.11 252nd 446 43.5%
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Rank History for White students at Samuel Watson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 2.27 767th 772 0.6%
2019 1.66 777th 780 0.4%
2021 10.76 712th 765 6.9%
2022 11.24 717th 764 6.2%
2023 9.88 719th 762 5.6%
2024 7.40 727th 753 3.5%
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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 Samuel Watson

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 326 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 332
1989 330 7 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 341
1990 348 8 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 360
1991 344 8 15 8 0 n/a n/a 0 375
1992 358 8 32 2 0 n/a n/a 0 400
1993 371 4 47 2 2 n/a n/a 0 426
1994 340 5 58 4 0 n/a n/a 0 407
1995 313 7 62 5 0 n/a n/a 0 387
1996 313 7 62 5 0 n/a n/a 0 387
1997 290 8 59 4 2 n/a n/a 0 363
1998 259 16 58 5 0 n/a n/a 0 338
1999 223 11 61 6 0 n/a n/a 0 301
2000 207 19 55 11 2 n/a n/a 0 294
2001 214 20 59 18 1 n/a n/a 0 312
2002 203 22 54 11 0 n/a n/a 0 290
2003 203 22 54 11 0 n/a n/a 0 290
2004 198 22 34 15 0 n/a n/a 0 269
2005 190 24 34 12 0 n/a n/a 0 260
2006 192 13 30 12 2 n/a n/a 5 254
2007 155 16 30 16 1 n/a n/a 6 224
2008 213 35 33 42 3 n/a n/a 9 335
2009 198 38 28 37 0 1 12 0 314
2010 177 26 39 57 1 1 11 0 312
2011 194 22 42 52 1 0 9 0 320
2012 174 28 32 56 0 1 9 0 300
2013 176 28 26 63 1 2 23 0 319
2014 164 30 23 72 1 2 26 0 318
2015 152 25 8 69 3 0 27 0 284
2016 152 26 6 76 2 0 29 0 291
2017 150 36 6 71 4 0 37 0 304
2018 144 38 6 63 4 0 36 0 291
2019 146 26 5 72 4 0 46 0 299
2020 128 28 8 65 2 0 43 0 274
2021 108 28 5 69 1 2 37 0 250
2022 101 30 5 65 0 1 39 0 241
2023 93 28 6 77 0 2 36 0 242
2024 104 45 2 78 0 1 35 0 265

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 Samuel Watson

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 332 n/a n/a n/a
1989 341 n/a n/a n/a
1990 360 n/a n/a n/a
1991 375 n/a n/a n/a
1992 400 n/a n/a n/a
1993 426 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 407 n/a n/a n/a
1995 387 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 387 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 363 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 338 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 301 n/a 0.0 72.4
2000 294 n/a 0.0 70.1
2001 312 n/a 0.0 80.1
2002 290 n/a n/a 69.7
2003 290 n/a n/a 69.7
2004 269 21.8 12.3 72.1
2005 260 19.6 13.3 72.7
2006 254 19.0 13.4 72.3
2007 224 17.0 13.2 77.1
2008 335 19.9 16.8 85.6
2009 314 16.5 19.0 87.3
2010 312 18.0 17.2 90.1
2011 320 17.0 18.8 88.1
2012 300 18.0 16.6 89
2013 319 17.9 17.7 88.7
2014 318 17.4 18.2 89.9
2015 284 17.0 16.7 84.2
2016 291 17.0 17.1 n/a
2017 304 18.8 16.1 n/a
2018 291 18.3 15.8 n/a
2019 299 17.8 16.7 n/a
2020 274 17.3 15.8 n/a
2021 250 16.6 15.0 n/a
2022 241 18.3 13.1 n/a
2023 242 14.0 17.1 n/a
2024 265 21.8 12.1 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 Samuel Watson

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 332 n/a n/a n/a
1989 341 n/a n/a n/a
1990 360 n/a n/a n/a
1991 375 n/a n/a n/a
1992 400 n/a n/a n/a
1993 426 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 407 n/a n/a n/a
1995 387 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 387 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 363 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 338 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 301 n/a 0.0 72.4
2000 294 n/a 0.0 70.1
2001 312 n/a 0.0 80.1
2002 290 n/a n/a 69.7
2003 290 n/a n/a 69.7
2004 269 21.8 12.3 72.1
2005 260 19.6 13.3 72.7
2006 254 19.0 13.4 72.3
2007 224 17.0 13.2 77.1
2008 335 19.9 16.8 85.6
2009 314 16.5 19.0 87.3
2010 312 18.0 17.2 90.1
2011 320 17.0 18.8 88.1
2012 300 18.0 16.6 89
2013 319 17.9 17.7 88.7
2014 318 17.4 18.2 89.9
2015 284 17.0 16.7 84.2
2016 291 17.0 17.1 n/a
2017 304 18.8 16.1 n/a
2018 291 18.3 15.8 n/a
2019 299 17.8 16.7 n/a
2020 274 17.3 15.8 n/a
2021 250 16.6 15.0 n/a
2022 241 18.3 13.1 n/a
2023 242 14.0 17.1 n/a
2024 265 21.8 12.1 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 Samuel Watson

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,329 (8.8%) $13,733 (91.2%) $15,062
2020 $2,548 (15.8%) $13,613 (84.2%) $16,161
2021 $2,387 (13.7%) $15,010 (86.3%) $17,397

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Samuel Watson

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 919th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 811th of 928 Elementary schools
 10.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Samuel Watson)2423.1
 0.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Fall River)3823.8
 14.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Samuel Watson)1026.9
 16.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Fall River)3624.3
 11.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Samuel Watson)197.7
 11.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Fall River)3520.2
 14.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Samuel Watson)1515.8
 0.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Fall River)3629.1
 6.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Samuel Watson)2638.7
 12.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Fall River)3526.2
 8.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Samuel Watson)216.5
 14.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Fall River)3021
 9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Samuel Watson)1916.1
 2.9%
   5th Grade Science (Fall River)2622.7
 3.4%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Samuel Watson)2321.9
 1.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Fall River)3321.9
 11.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Samuel Watson)1615.8
 0.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Fall River)3219.5
 12.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Samuel Watson)1916.1
 2.9%
   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 Students299242
 19.1%
African American2628
 7.7%
American Indian40
 100%
Asian56
 20%
Hispanic7277
 6.9%
Pacific Islander02
White14693
 36.3%
Two or More Races4636
 21.7%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 265 students attended Samuel Watson.

Students who attend Samuel Watson usually go on to attend:

Middle : Talbot Innovation School
High : B M C Durfee High

Samuel Watson ranks in the bottom 11.5% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Students at Samuel Watson are 39% White, 29% Hispanic, 17% African American, 13% Two or more races.


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