Alfred J Gomes

Summary:

Alfred J Gomes is an elementary school in New Bedford, Massachusetts, serving 496 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. The school has a diverse student population, with 71.57% Hispanic, 12.7% White, and 12.1% African American students.

Despite spending more per student than the state average, Alfred J Gomes consistently underperforms compared to the New Bedford district and the state of Massachusetts on MCAS Next Generation assessments. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 12.17% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and 17.8% were proficient or better in Mathematics. The school has been ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Massachusetts, consistently ranking in the bottom 10-15% of schools over the past several years.

The challenges faced by Alfred J Gomes are not unique, as nearby schools in the New Bedford district, such as Thomas R Rodman, James B Congdon, and Sgt Wm H Carney Academy, also struggle academically. This suggests that the challenges may be systemic within the district. Addressing the underlying factors that contribute to these challenges, such as socioeconomic status and language barriers, may be key to improving outcomes for students at Alfred J Gomes and throughout the district.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 286 S Second Street
       New Bedford, MA  02740-5899


(508) 997-4511

District: New Bedford

SchoolDigger Rank:
857th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,886 Help


Students who attend Alfred J Gomes usually attend:

Middle:    Roosevelt Middle School
High:    New Bedford High

Student/teacher ratio:  10.9 Help
Number of students:  610

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
70.2%
African American:
14.1%
White:
11.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Compare Details Alfred J Gomes ranks worse than 93.6% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 12th among 18 ranked elementary schools in the New Bedford School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.34. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (70.2%), African American (14.1%), White (11.8%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Alfred J Gomes is 10.9, which is the 5th best among 18 elementary schools in the New Bedford School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Alfred J Gomes is $18,886, which is the 7th highest among 18 elementary schools in the New Bedford School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Alfred J Gomes:

SchoolDigger ranks Alfred J Gomes 857th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Alfred J Gomes in the ranking list.)

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New Bedford:

SchoolDigger ranks New Bedford 318th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Alfred J Gomes

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Rank History for all students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 6.40 832nd 884 5.9%
2004 9.43 811th 882 8.0%
2005 8.63 827th 887 6.8%
2006 3.89 898th 911 1.4%
2007 5.96 870th 911 4.5%
2008 7.21 860th 908 5.3%
2009 19.50 765th 909 15.8%
2010 22.58 753rd 920 18.2%
2011 10.93 838th 924 9.3%
2012 5.99 887th 930 4.6%
2013 6.57 883rd 928 4.8%
2014 8.14 878th 926 5.2%
2015 10.97 849th 914 7.1%
2016 16.28 820th 932 12.0%
2017 17.86 803rd 938 14.4%
2018 29.44 691st 934 26.0%
2019 11.76 871st 942 7.5%
2021 10.79 856th 936 8.5%
2022 8.24 893rd 932 4.2%
2023 12.68 835th 928 10.0%
2024 10.34 857th 916 6.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.86 29th 244 88.1%
2019 50.62 84th 258 67.4%
2021 46.47 88th 240 63.3%
2022 40.27 139th 267 47.9%
2023 55.58 59th 264 77.7%
2024 36.47 176th 282 37.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.16 334th 886 62.3%
2019 28.80 714th 896 20.3%
2021 21.27 775th 894 13.3%
2022 14.10 861st 905 4.9%
2023 26.39 541st 703 23.0%
2024 18.05 671st 731 8.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.16 274th 685 60.0%
2019 27.91 562nd 700 19.7%
2021 27.13 561st 705 20.4%
2022 17.00 716th 772 7.3%
2023 26.85 613th 757 19.0%
2024 19.78 682nd 760 10.3%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 53.91 5th 12 58.3%
2024 82.34 2nd 16 87.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.11 701st 893 21.5%
2019 10.46 853rd 902 5.4%
2021 10.06 845th 898 5.9%
2022 8.73 867th 901 3.8%
2023 11.72 813th 887 8.3%
2024 10.41 835th 886 5.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.96 458th 656 30.2%
2019 21.97 571st 665 14.1%
2021 24.93 503rd 632 20.4%
2022 25.29 537th 672 20.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.11 626th 898 30.3%
2019 14.72 815th 907 10.1%
2021 15.00 780th 904 13.7%
2022 9.38 864th 908 4.8%
2023 15.86 775th 896 13.5%
2024 12.50 817th 891 8.3%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 11.19 848th 925 8.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.35 34th 174 80.5%
2019 41.61 99th 172 42.4%
2021 39.64 94th 166 43.4%
2022 30.14 133rd 173 23.1%
2023 59.61 51st 167 69.5%
2024 44.68 80th 167 52.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.09 159th 379 58.0%
2019 32.95 295th 398 25.9%
2021 29.36 290th 379 23.5%
2022 25.98 337th 401 16.0%
2023 40.18 247th 420 41.2%
2024 33.62 305th 446 31.6%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Alfred J Gomes

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.62 413th 772 46.5%
2019 24.01 654th 780 16.2%
2021 24.04 645th 765 15.7%
2022 8.64 730th 764 4.5%
2024 2.42 749th 753 0.5%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for White Students!

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 Alfred J Gomes

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 340 220 1 143 0 n/a n/a 0 704
1989 417 199 2 75 0 n/a n/a 0 693
1990 404 229 3 104 0 n/a n/a 0 740
1991 377 208 1 102 1 n/a n/a 0 689
1992 427 224 1 91 1 n/a n/a 0 744
1993 405 222 2 96 0 n/a n/a 0 725
1994 416 222 1 71 0 n/a n/a 0 710
1995 400 238 0 110 2 n/a n/a 0 750
1996 400 238 0 110 2 n/a n/a 0 750
1997 393 251 3 129 0 n/a n/a 0 776
1998 363 247 3 123 0 n/a n/a 0 736
1999 337 261 2 133 0 n/a n/a 0 733
2000 325 273 2 144 1 n/a n/a 0 745
2001 300 250 1 145 0 n/a n/a 0 696
2002 231 187 1 143 1 n/a n/a 0 563
2003 231 187 1 143 1 n/a n/a 0 563
2004 202 162 1 163 3 n/a n/a 0 531
2005 214 136 1 160 4 n/a n/a 0 515
2006 205 128 11 269 3 n/a n/a 30 646
2007 227 118 7 323 3 n/a n/a 31 709
2008 227 89 9 362 4 n/a n/a 40 731
2009 224 94 12 409 6 3 34 0 782
2010 275 115 6 406 4 4 35 0 845
2011 265 113 6 356 5 5 29 0 779
2012 264 130 8 410 3 5 39 0 859
2013 234 128 4 448 5 2 30 0 851
2014 176 94 2 378 3 0 35 0 688
2015 178 81 3 371 4 0 28 0 665
2016 149 71 0 379 1 0 24 0 624
2017 103 65 2 358 2 1 17 0 548
2018 102 69 2 357 2 0 21 0 553
2019 76 85 2 371 3 0 12 0 549
2020 72 78 3 361 5 0 12 0 531
2021 78 65 3 340 4 0 11 0 501
2022 69 64 2 355 2 0 10 0 502
2023 63 60 1 355 3 0 14 0 496
2024 72 86 3 428 2 0 19 0 610

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 Alfred J Gomes

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 704 n/a n/a n/a
1989 693 n/a n/a n/a
1990 740 n/a n/a n/a
1991 689 n/a n/a n/a
1992 744 n/a n/a n/a
1993 725 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 710 n/a n/a n/a
1995 750 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 750 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 776 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 736 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 733 n/a 0.0 89.5
2000 745 n/a 0.0 84.4
2001 696 n/a 0.0 83.5
2002 563 n/a n/a 84.7
2003 563 n/a n/a 84.7
2004 531 45.9 11.6 84.4
2005 515 43.2 11.9 88.2
2006 646 49.0 13.2 89.9
2007 709 56.0 12.7 88.6
2008 731 45.5 16.1 88.1
2009 782 44.4 17.6 85.4
2010 845 47.0 17.9 79.9
2011 779 47.4 16.4 81.6
2012 859 43.9 19.5 69.7
2013 851 44.3 19.2 85.1
2014 688 36.8 18.6 89.4
2015 665 40.0 16.6 100
2016 624 41.0 15.2 n/a
2017 548 39.9 13.7 n/a
2018 553 38.9 14.1 n/a
2019 549 40.0 13.7 n/a
2020 531 38.5 13.7 n/a
2021 501 41.8 11.9 n/a
2022 502 43.5 11.5 n/a
2023 496 48.3 10.2 n/a
2024 610 55.5 10.9 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 Alfred J Gomes

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 704 n/a n/a n/a
1989 693 n/a n/a n/a
1990 740 n/a n/a n/a
1991 689 n/a n/a n/a
1992 744 n/a n/a n/a
1993 725 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 710 n/a n/a n/a
1995 750 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 750 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 776 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 736 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 733 n/a 0.0 89.5
2000 745 n/a 0.0 84.4
2001 696 n/a 0.0 83.5
2002 563 n/a n/a 84.7
2003 563 n/a n/a 84.7
2004 531 45.9 11.6 84.4
2005 515 43.2 11.9 88.2
2006 646 49.0 13.2 89.9
2007 709 56.0 12.7 88.6
2008 731 45.5 16.1 88.1
2009 782 44.4 17.6 85.4
2010 845 47.0 17.9 79.9
2011 779 47.4 16.4 81.6
2012 859 43.9 19.5 69.7
2013 851 44.3 19.2 85.1
2014 688 36.8 18.6 89.4
2015 665 40.0 16.6 100
2016 624 41.0 15.2 n/a
2017 548 39.9 13.7 n/a
2018 553 38.9 14.1 n/a
2019 549 40.0 13.7 n/a
2020 531 38.5 13.7 n/a
2021 501 41.8 11.9 n/a
2022 502 43.5 11.5 n/a
2023 496 48.3 10.2 n/a
2024 610 55.5 10.9 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 Alfred J Gomes

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,784 (11.8%) $13,382 (88.2%) $15,166
2020 $2,180 (13.2%) $14,397 (86.8%) $16,577
2021 $2,344 (12.4%) $16,542 (87.6%) $18,886

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Alfred J Gomes

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 871st of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 835th of 928 Elementary schools
 2.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Alfred J Gomes)2917.7
 11.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Bedford)4829.3
 18.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Alfred J Gomes)2824.1
 4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Bedford)4226.5
 15.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Alfred J Gomes)2612.7
 13.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Bedford)4223.2
 18.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Alfred J Gomes)3524.1
 11%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Bedford)4028.7
 11.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Alfred J Gomes)3223.2
 8.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Bedford)3925.5
 13.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Alfred J Gomes)2417.4
 6.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Bedford)4123.9
 17.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Alfred J Gomes)1911.6
 7.4%
   5th Grade Science (New Bedford)3521.2
 13.8%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Alfred J Gomes)2917.6
 11.4%
   All Grades English Language Arts (New Bedford)3523.6
 11.4%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Alfred J Gomes)2922
 7%
   All Grades Mathematics (New Bedford)3222.1
 9.9%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Alfred J Gomes)1911.6
 7.4%
   All Grades Science (New Bedford)2521
 4%
   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 Students549496
 9.7%
African American8560
 29.4%
American Indian33
Asian21
 50%
Hispanic371355
 4.3%
Pacific Islander00
White7663
 17.1%
Two or More Races1214
 16.7%


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Alfred J Gomes ranks in the bottom 6.4% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Students who attend Alfred J Gomes usually go on to attend:

Middle : Roosevelt Middle School
High : New Bedford High

Students at Alfred J Gomes are 70% Hispanic, 14% African American, 12% White, 3% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 610 students attended Alfred J Gomes.


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