Summary:
Birch Meadow is an elementary school located in Reading, Massachusetts, serving students from kindergarten to 5th grade. With a student population of 358, Birch Meadow has consistently been ranked in the top 30% of Massachusetts elementary schools over the past decade, currently ranking 185 out of 916 schools for the 2023-2024 school year.
Birch Meadow's academic performance is particularly strong, with proficiency rates that consistently outperform the state average in MCAS Next Generation assessments for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grade levels. In 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates were 57.75% in ELA, 59.36% in Math, and 68.42% in Science, compared to the state averages of 39.17%, 40.91%, and 41.95%, respectively. The school's performance is especially noteworthy in 5th grade, where proficiency rates were 68.97% in ELA, 65.52% in Math, and 68.42% in Science.
Birch Meadow's student-teacher ratio is relatively low, ranging from 9.9 to 10.3 over the past three school years, and the school's per-student spending has increased from $14,862 in 2018-2019 to $17,870 in 2020-2021, which is higher than the nearby Reading School District elementary schools. While Birch Meadow's academic performance is generally on par with or slightly higher than the nearby schools in the Reading School District, the nearby schools in the North Reading School District, particularly L.D. Batchelder and E. Ethel Little School, consistently outperform Birch Meadow and the state average across all subject areas and grade levels.
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Detail:
Public K-5
District:
Reading
SchoolDigger Rank:
185th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,870
Students who attend Birch Meadow usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 11.3
Number of students: 371
Racial breakdown:
White:
83.6%
Asian:
4.9%
Two or more races:
4.6%
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African American:
3.5%
Hispanic:
3.5%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 6.2%
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