Horace Mann

Summary:

Horace Mann is an elementary school located in Newtonville, MA, serving 357 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. It is part of the Newton school district, which is ranked 35th out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Horace Mann consistently ranks in the top 25% of Massachusetts elementary schools, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's MCAS proficiency rates are generally higher than the state averages, particularly in mathematics and science. For example, in 2023-2024, 58.95% of Horace Mann students were proficient or better in MCAS Next Generation Mathematics, compared to the state average of 40.91%. Horace Mann's performance is also strong compared to the Newton district, with proficiency rates often exceeding the district's averages. The school's Asian and special education student subgroups have demonstrated exceptional performance, ranking in the top 25% and top 5% of Massachusetts elementary schools, respectively.

Horace Mann's performance is generally stronger than the nearby schools in the Newton district, as well as the Waltham and Watertown districts. The school's lower student-teacher ratio and higher spending per student may contribute to its academic success compared to its neighbors. While Horace Mann's overall performance is strong, there may be opportunities to further improve the academic achievement of certain student subgroups, such as White and low socioeconomic status students, whose performance lags behind the school's top-performing subgroups.


Detail:

Public K-5

 225 Nevada Street
       Newtonville, MA  02460


(617) 559-9510

District: Newton

SchoolDigger Rank:
232nd of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $20,418 Help


Students who attend Horace Mann usually attend:

Middle:    F A Day Middle
High:    Newton North High

Student/teacher ratio:  11.4 Help
Number of students:  357

Racial breakdown:

White:
59.4%
Asian:
13.7%
Two or more races:
10.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  17.3% Help


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Compare Details Horace Mann ranks better than 74.7% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 14th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Newton School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.41. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (59.4%), Asian (13.7%), two or more races (10.9%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Horace Mann is 11.4. 10 elementary schools in the Newton School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Horace Mann is $20,418. 12 elementary schools in the Newton School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Horace Mann:

SchoolDigger ranks Horace Mann 232nd of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Horace Mann in the ranking list.)

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Newton:

SchoolDigger ranks Newton 35th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Horace Mann

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Rank History for all students at Horace Mann

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 79.06 189th 884 78.6%
2004 72.35 267th 882 69.7%
2005 70.62 276th 887 68.9%
2006 73.76 234th 911 74.3%
2007 87.43 67th 911 92.6%
2008 85.45 92nd 908 89.9%
2009 82.71 132nd 909 85.5%
2010 84.13 126th 920 86.3%
2011 89.15 51st 924 94.5%
2012 89.84 50th 930 94.6%
2013 88.68 61st 928 93.4%
2014 83.99 111th 926 88.0%
2015 71.18 269th 914 70.6%
2016 82.23 141st 932 84.9%
2017 64.44 336th 938 64.2%
2018 73.63 243rd 934 74.0%
2019 82.18 143rd 942 84.8%
2021 87.77 108th 936 88.5%
2022 76.97 208th 932 77.7%
2023 74.23 242nd 928 73.9%
2024 76.41 232nd 916 74.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Horace Mann

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.84 150th 886 83.1%
2019 77.34 121st 896 86.5%
2021 75.07 149th 894 83.3%
2022 54.63 366th 905 59.6%
2023 58.71 234th 703 66.7%
2024 88.61 44th 731 94.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Horace Mann

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 91.79 16th 700 97.7%
2022 39.07 487th 772 36.9%
2023 57.38 286th 757 62.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Horace Mann

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.17 301st 893 66.3%
2019 69.87 255th 902 71.7%
2021 80.34 168th 898 81.3%
2022 74.23 222nd 901 75.4%
2023 78.65 184th 887 79.3%
2024 76.58 201st 886 77.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Horace Mann

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.78 134th 656 79.6%
2022 58.71 216th 672 67.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Horace Mann

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.06 193rd 898 78.5%
2019 86.91 82nd 907 91.0%
2021 89.57 69th 904 92.4%
2022 75.22 200th 908 78.0%
2023 66.46 302nd 896 66.3%
2024 72.82 245th 891 72.5%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Horace Mann

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 86.60 112th 925 87.9%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Horace Mann

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 87.12 56th 399 86.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Horace Mann

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.61 85th 154 44.8%
2019 66.17 53rd 155 65.8%
2021 64.83 61st 141 56.7%
2022 59.13 75th 143 47.6%
2024 79.43 29th 152 80.9%
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Rank History for White students at Horace Mann

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.53 257th 772 66.7%
2019 74.92 162nd 780 79.2%
2021 83.83 88th 765 88.5%
2022 64.84 246th 764 67.8%
2023 63.42 264th 762 65.4%
2024 59.80 294th 753 61.0%
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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 Horace Mann

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 230 25 15 6 0 n/a n/a 0 276
1989 241 24 18 4 0 n/a n/a 0 287
1990 248 29 17 5 0 n/a n/a 0 299
1991 271 32 15 5 0 n/a n/a 0 323
1992 272 28 15 3 0 n/a n/a 0 318
1993 282 22 15 5 0 n/a n/a 0 324
1994 246 18 14 7 0 n/a n/a 0 285
1995 249 22 14 7 2 n/a n/a 0 294
1996 249 22 14 7 2 n/a n/a 0 294
1997 229 16 21 13 3 n/a n/a 0 282
1998 218 16 24 12 3 n/a n/a 0 273
1999 244 16 26 9 2 n/a n/a 0 297
2000 252 15 30 4 0 n/a n/a 0 301
2001 250 12 35 6 0 n/a n/a 0 303
2002 281 12 32 5 0 n/a n/a 0 330
2003 281 12 32 5 0 n/a n/a 0 330
2004 277 14 35 7 0 n/a n/a 0 333
2005 261 14 45 17 0 n/a n/a 0 337
2006 244 13 50 28 0 n/a n/a 9 344
2007 238 16 55 24 0 n/a n/a 17 350
2008 251 17 55 16 0 n/a n/a 10 349
2009 261 19 67 15 0 0 8 0 370
2010 252 24 65 21 0 0 10 0 372
2011 255 26 56 25 0 0 12 0 374
2012 256 19 56 35 2 0 18 0 386
2013 259 20 57 38 2 0 18 0 394
2014 267 22 71 41 0 0 26 0 427
2015 265 22 76 40 0 0 31 0 434
2016 254 18 76 36 0 0 28 0 412
2017 258 16 76 35 0 0 32 0 417
2018 241 16 77 33 0 0 37 0 404
2019 244 17 68 30 0 0 40 0 399
2020 247 16 57 27 0 0 44 0 391
2021 222 18 58 31 0 0 48 0 377
2022 224 16 52 36 0 0 42 0 370
2023 212 20 49 36 0 0 39 1 357

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 Horace Mann

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 276 n/a n/a n/a
1989 287 n/a n/a n/a
1990 299 n/a n/a n/a
1991 323 n/a n/a n/a
1992 318 n/a n/a n/a
1993 324 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 285 n/a n/a n/a
1995 294 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 294 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 282 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 273 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 297 n/a 0.0 7.1
2000 301 n/a 0.0 7
2001 303 n/a 0.0 7.3
2002 330 n/a n/a 6.1
2003 330 n/a n/a 6.1
2004 333 25.9 12.9 5.7
2005 337 24.1 14.0 8
2006 344 25.5 13.5 10.4
2007 350 26.0 13.5 9
2008 349 25.1 13.9 8.8
2009 370 23.9 15.5 7.6
2010 372 23.8 15.5 12.4
2011 374 20.9 17.8 13.6
2012 386 19.8 19.4 11.4
2013 394 28.3 13.9 14
2014 427 31.3 13.6 15.7
2015 434 30.0 14.4 17.3
2016 412 34.0 12.1 n/a
2017 417 34.1 12.2 n/a
2018 404 31.0 13.0 n/a
2019 399 32.0 12.4 n/a
2020 391 30.7 12.6 n/a
2021 377 28.8 13.0 n/a
2022 370 30.4 12.1 n/a
2023 357 31.1 11.4 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 Horace Mann

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 276 n/a n/a n/a
1989 287 n/a n/a n/a
1990 299 n/a n/a n/a
1991 323 n/a n/a n/a
1992 318 n/a n/a n/a
1993 324 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 285 n/a n/a n/a
1995 294 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 294 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 282 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 273 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 297 n/a 0.0 7.1
2000 301 n/a 0.0 7
2001 303 n/a 0.0 7.3
2002 330 n/a n/a 6.1
2003 330 n/a n/a 6.1
2004 333 25.9 12.9 5.7
2005 337 24.1 14.0 8
2006 344 25.5 13.5 10.4
2007 350 26.0 13.5 9
2008 349 25.1 13.9 8.8
2009 370 23.9 15.5 7.6
2010 372 23.8 15.5 12.4
2011 374 20.9 17.8 13.6
2012 386 19.8 19.4 11.4
2013 394 28.3 13.9 14
2014 427 31.3 13.6 15.7
2015 434 30.0 14.4 17.3
2016 412 34.0 12.1 n/a
2017 417 34.1 12.2 n/a
2018 404 31.0 13.0 n/a
2019 399 32.0 12.4 n/a
2020 391 30.7 12.6 n/a
2021 377 28.8 13.0 n/a
2022 370 30.4 12.1 n/a
2023 357 31.1 11.4 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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Horace Mann

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $267 (1.5%) $17,505 (98.5%) $17,772
2020 $424 (2.3%) $18,046 (97.7%) $18,470
2021 $1,357 (6.6%) $19,061 (93.4%) $20,418

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Horace Mann

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 143rd of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 242nd of 928 Elementary schools
 10.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Horace Mann)6655.1
 10.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Newton)7764.4
 12.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Horace Mann)5855.1
 2.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Newton)7061.7
 8.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Horace Mann)6845
 23%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Newton)7261.1
 10.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Horace Mann)7253.3
 18.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Newton)6968.6
 0.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Horace Mann)8272.4
 9.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Newton)7365.2
 7.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Horace Mann)7761.4
 15.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Newton)7065
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Horace Mann)7153.6
 17.4%
   5th Grade Science (Newton)6363
 0%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Horace Mann)7257.2
 14.8%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Newton)7366
 7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Horace Mann)6956.5
 12.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (Newton)7367.8
 5.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Horace Mann)7153.6
 17.4%
   All Grades Science (Newton)6664.2
 1.8%
   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 Students399357
 10.5%
African American1720
 17.6%
American Indian00
Asian6849
 27.9%
Hispanic3036
 20%
Pacific Islander00
White244212
 13.1%
Two or More Races4039
 2.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Horace Mann

Horace Mann ranks 232nd of 916 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Horace Mann usually go on to attend:

Middle : F A Day Middle
High : Newton North High

Students at Horace Mann are 59% White, 14% Asian, 11% Two or more races, 10% Hispanic, 6% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 357 students attended Horace Mann.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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