Francis J Kane

Summary:

Francis J Kane is an elementary school located in Marlborough, MA that serves 493 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school consistently outperforms the Marlborough district and the state of Massachusetts in MCAS Next Generation test scores across all grades and subjects.

Francis J Kane's academic performance is particularly strong, with 34.89% of all students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 24.49% in Marlborough and 39.17% statewide. In mathematics, 40% of Francis J Kane students were proficient or better, compared to 25.04% in Marlborough and 40.91% statewide. The school's performance is also impressive in 5th grade science, where 42.67% of students were proficient or better, compared to 33.99% in Marlborough and 44.5% statewide. Additionally, the school's Hispanic and English Language Learner (ELL) students consistently outperform their peers in the district and the state.

While Francis J Kane outperforms other Marlborough elementary schools, such as Richer, Charles Jaworek, and Goodnow Brothers, its performance is not as strong when compared to top-performing schools in neighboring districts, such as Hemenway in Framingham and the Southborough schools, particularly in mathematics.


Detail:

Public K-5

 520 Farm Road
       Marlborough, MA  01752-2760


(508) 460-3507

District: Marlborough

SchoolDigger Rank:
533rd of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,338 Help


Students who attend Francis J Kane usually attend:

Middle:    1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School
High:    Marlborough High

Student/teacher ratio:  11.5 Help
Number of students:  493

Racial breakdown:

White:
46.9%
Hispanic:
43.8%
African American:
4.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  49.6% Help


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Compare Details Francis J Kane ranks worse than 58.2% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks first among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Marlborough School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.24. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Francis J Kane has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Marlborough School District. Racial makeup is: White (46.9%), Hispanic (43.8%), African American (4.7%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Francis J Kane is 11.5, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Marlborough School District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Francis J Kane is $18,338, which is the highest among 4 elementary schools in the Marlborough School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Francis J Kane:

SchoolDigger ranks Francis J Kane 533rd of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Francis J Kane in the ranking list.)

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Marlborough:

SchoolDigger ranks Marlborough 300th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Francis J Kane

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Rank History for all students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2012 33.76 668th 930 28.2%
2013 28.84 707th 928 23.8%
2014 36.31 638th 926 31.1%
2015 57.84 416th 914 54.5%
2016 38.56 617th 932 33.8%
2017 35.46 652nd 938 30.5%
2018 33.05 660th 934 29.3%
2019 23.23 764th 942 18.9%
2021 40.60 566th 936 39.5%
2022 46.11 504th 932 45.9%
2023 33.68 630th 928 32.1%
2024 43.24 533rd 916 41.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.78 185th 244 24.2%
2019 24.26 218th 258 15.5%
2021 21.47 240th 240 0.0%
2023 24.70 246th 264 6.8%
2024 45.74 123rd 282 56.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.49 658th 886 25.7%
2019 24.32 762nd 896 15.0%
2021 33.94 611th 894 31.7%
2022 45.70 488th 905 46.1%
2023 39.07 399th 703 43.2%
2024 48.37 316th 731 56.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.34 531st 685 22.5%
2019 25.96 580th 700 17.1%
2021 43.17 399th 705 43.4%
2022 49.80 365th 772 52.7%
2023 40.41 469th 757 38.0%
2024 48.24 367th 760 51.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.13 609th 893 31.8%
2019 20.48 763rd 902 15.4%
2021 45.90 501st 898 44.2%
2022 52.72 444th 901 50.7%
2023 31.15 617th 887 30.4%
2024 40.00 540th 886 39.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.49 426th 656 35.1%
2019 25.25 537th 665 19.2%
2021 28.60 459th 632 27.4%
2022 40.24 362nd 672 46.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.41 653rd 898 27.3%
2019 26.05 717th 907 20.9%
2021 35.27 594th 904 34.3%
2022 38.47 562nd 908 38.1%
2023 37.85 581st 896 35.2%
2024 46.10 485th 891 45.6%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 43.10 537th 925 41.9%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 42.36 196th 399 50.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.45 188th 379 50.4%
2019 40.92 242nd 398 39.2%
2021 49.04 147th 379 61.2%
2022 56.16 116th 401 71.1%
2023 37.29 271st 420 35.5%
2024 57.66 131st 446 70.6%
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Rank History for White students at Francis J Kane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.50 519th 772 32.8%
2019 23.61 658th 780 15.6%
2021 50.70 377th 765 50.7%
2022 49.23 411th 764 46.2%
2023 39.08 497th 762 34.8%
2024 48.07 405th 753 46.2%
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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 Francis J Kane

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 445 9 4 33 0 n/a n/a 0 491
1989 450 14 17 35 0 n/a n/a 0 516
1990 440 22 25 23 0 n/a n/a 0 510
1991 473 22 22 29 0 n/a n/a 0 546
1992 503 29 20 26 0 n/a n/a 0 578
1993 518 31 17 33 1 n/a n/a 0 600
1994 506 16 16 34 1 n/a n/a 0 573
1995 538 27 23 47 0 n/a n/a 0 635
1996 538 27 23 47 0 n/a n/a 0 635
1997 547 32 23 71 0 n/a n/a 0 673
1998 564 25 24 76 0 n/a n/a 0 689
1999 529 16 28 94 0 n/a n/a 0 667
2000 512 22 34 98 1 n/a n/a 0 667
2001 497 15 30 117 0 n/a n/a 0 659
2002 336 14 20 105 0 n/a n/a 0 475
2003 336 14 20 105 0 n/a n/a 0 475
2004 317 18 28 111 1 n/a n/a 0 475
2005 306 22 19 112 1 n/a n/a 0 460
2006 304 21 22 118 0 n/a n/a 0 465
2007 305 17 25 119 0 n/a n/a 5 471
2008 307 15 34 133 0 n/a n/a 7 496
2009 305 11 34 137 0 1 16 0 504
2010 294 6 31 150 0 0 18 0 499
2011 274 11 33 176 0 0 16 0 510
2012 347 13 35 234 0 1 17 0 647
2013 363 14 27 246 0 0 20 0 670
2014 336 14 28 270 0 0 23 0 671
2015 325 18 20 249 0 0 21 0 633
2016 319 23 15 255 0 0 19 0 631
2017 306 31 14 251 0 0 19 0 621
2018 285 28 20 267 0 0 18 0 618
2019 264 26 17 273 0 0 12 0 592
2020 255 18 16 271 0 0 6 0 566
2021 225 20 23 212 0 0 8 0 488
2022 230 25 0 216 0 0 25 0 496
2023 231 23 1 216 0 0 22 0 493

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 Francis J Kane

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 491 n/a n/a n/a
1989 516 n/a n/a n/a
1990 510 n/a n/a n/a
1991 546 n/a n/a n/a
1992 578 n/a n/a n/a
1993 600 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 573 n/a n/a n/a
1995 635 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 635 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 673 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 689 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 667 n/a 0.0 18.4
2000 667 n/a 0.0 15.6
2001 659 n/a 0.0 17.6
2002 475 n/a n/a 22.7
2003 475 n/a n/a 22.7
2004 475 35.6 13.3 22.5
2005 460 36.8 12.5 23.9
2006 465 35.5 13.1 27.7
2007 471 36.0 13.1 21.5
2008 496 34.7 14.3 28.4
2009 504 38.1 13.2 29.6
2010 499 34.7 14.3 32.7
2011 510 35.0 14.5 37.3
2012 647 42.5 15.2 40.5
2013 670 42.7 15.6 43.1
2014 671 45.4 14.7 45.3
2015 633 44.0 14.3 49.6
2016 631 48.0 13.1 n/a
2017 621 48.9 12.6 n/a
2018 618 48.9 12.6 n/a
2019 592 47.9 12.3 n/a
2020 566 44.1 12.8 n/a
2021 488 41.6 11.7 n/a
2022 496 38.4 12.8 n/a
2023 493 42.8 11.5 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 Francis J Kane

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 491 n/a n/a n/a
1989 516 n/a n/a n/a
1990 510 n/a n/a n/a
1991 546 n/a n/a n/a
1992 578 n/a n/a n/a
1993 600 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 573 n/a n/a n/a
1995 635 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 635 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 673 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 689 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 667 n/a 0.0 18.4
2000 667 n/a 0.0 15.6
2001 659 n/a 0.0 17.6
2002 475 n/a n/a 22.7
2003 475 n/a n/a 22.7
2004 475 35.6 13.3 22.5
2005 460 36.8 12.5 23.9
2006 465 35.5 13.1 27.7
2007 471 36.0 13.1 21.5
2008 496 34.7 14.3 28.4
2009 504 38.1 13.2 29.6
2010 499 34.7 14.3 32.7
2011 510 35.0 14.5 37.3
2012 647 42.5 15.2 40.5
2013 670 42.7 15.6 43.1
2014 671 45.4 14.7 45.3
2015 633 44.0 14.3 49.6
2016 631 48.0 13.1 n/a
2017 621 48.9 12.6 n/a
2018 618 48.9 12.6 n/a
2019 592 47.9 12.3 n/a
2020 566 44.1 12.8 n/a
2021 488 41.6 11.7 n/a
2022 496 38.4 12.8 n/a
2023 493 42.8 11.5 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 Francis J Kane

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $500 (3.1%) $15,876 (97.0%) $16,375
2020 $535 (3.2%) $16,013 (96.8%) $16,548
2021 $860 (4.7%) $17,478 (95.3%) $18,338

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Francis J Kane

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 764th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 630th of 928 Elementary schools
 13.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Francis J Kane)4729.7
 17.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Marlborough)4928.9
 20.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Francis J Kane)3518.9
 16.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Marlborough)4025.1
 14.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Francis J Kane)3539.4
 4.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Marlborough)4629.4
 16.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Francis J Kane)3647.9
 11.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Marlborough)4736.9
 10.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Francis J Kane)4033.8
 6.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Marlborough)4325.2
 17.8%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Francis J Kane)3534.3
 0.7%
   All Grades Mathematics (Marlborough)3624.3
 11.7%
   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 Students592493
 16.7%
African American2623
 11.5%
American Indian00
Asian171
 94.1%
Hispanic273216
 20.9%
Pacific Islander00
White264231
 12.5%
Two or More Races1222
 83.3%


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Students who attend Francis J Kane usually go on to attend:

Middle : 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School
High : Marlborough High

Francis J Kane ranks 533rd of 916 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 493 students attended Francis J Kane.

Students at Francis J Kane are 47% White, 44% Hispanic, 5% African American, 4% Two or more races.


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