Margaret A Neary

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Margaret A Neary is an exceptional elementary school located in Southborough, MA, serving grades 4-5 with a total enrollment of 267 students. The school consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in Massachusetts, with a statewide ranking between 9th and 39th out of over 900 schools in recent years.

Margaret A Neary's academic performance is truly outstanding, with MCAS proficiency rates significantly higher than the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, 64.13% of students at the school were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 39.17%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 78.34%, compared to 40.91% statewide. This consistent high performance is a testament to the school's effective teaching practices, curriculum, and overall educational environment.

Additionally, Margaret A Neary excels in supporting the needs of all its students, regardless of their background or individual characteristics. The school's student population is relatively diverse, and it has achieved exceptional performance across various student subgroups, including female students, male students, Asian students, Hispanic students, white students, multi-racial students, special education students, and low socioeconomic status students. This exceptional subgroup performance indicates that the school is effectively meeting the needs of all its students and could serve as a model for other schools in the region or state.


Detail:

Public 4-5

 53 Parkerville Road
       Southborough, MA  01772


(508) 481-2300

District: Southborough

SchoolDigger Rank:
39th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,229 Help


Students who attend Margaret A Neary usually attend:

Middle:    P Brent Trottier
High:    Algonquin Regional High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.7 Help
Number of students:  267

Racial breakdown:

White:
73.4%
Asian:
15.7%
Two or more races:
6.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  3.1% Help


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Compare Details Margaret A Neary ranks better than 95.7% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.07. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Margaret A Neary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Southborough School District. Racial makeup is: White (73.4%), Asian (15.7%), two or more races (6%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Margaret A Neary is 12.7. 1 elementary schools in the Southborough School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Margaret A Neary is $21,229, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the Southborough School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Margaret A Neary:

SchoolDigger ranks Margaret A Neary 39th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Margaret A Neary in the ranking list.)

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Southborough:

SchoolDigger ranks Southborough 11th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Margaret A Neary

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Rank History for all students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 87.52 73rd 884 91.7%
2004 90.37 41st 882 95.4%
2005 88.10 67th 887 92.4%
2006 92.42 23rd 911 97.5%
2007 81.82 148th 911 83.8%
2008 80.21 164th 908 81.9%
2009 81.78 140th 909 84.6%
2010 75.31 234th 920 74.6%
2011 77.05 219th 924 76.3%
2012 83.03 135th 930 85.5%
2013 85.61 95th 928 89.8%
2014 86.87 76th 926 91.8%
2015 89.50 47th 914 94.9%
2016 85.79 102nd 932 89.1%
2017 89.76 52nd 938 94.5%
2018 92.30 32nd 934 96.6%
2019 95.29 9th 942 99.0%
2021 95.30 12th 936 98.7%
2022 96.44 9th 932 99.0%
2023 95.95 15th 928 98.4%
2024 93.07 39th 916 95.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 88.56 3rd 31 90.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.94 40th 886 95.5%
2019 95.78 9th 896 99.0%
2021 95.05 13th 894 98.5%
2022 96.82 9th 905 99.0%
2023 95.28 15th 703 97.9%
2024 83.05 78th 731 89.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 87.35 34th 700 95.1%
2023 90.36 29th 757 96.2%
2024 89.15 31st 760 95.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.83 35th 893 96.1%
2019 95.67 1st 902 99.9%
2021 94.50 17th 898 98.1%
2022 94.16 19th 901 97.9%
2023 92.87 31st 887 96.5%
2024 92.11 40th 886 95.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.85 20th 656 97.0%
2019 98.41 2nd 665 99.7%
2021 84.44 58th 632 90.8%
2022 92.75 22nd 672 96.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.95 41st 898 95.4%
2019 92.56 23rd 907 97.5%
2021 93.35 25th 904 97.2%
2022 96.89 3rd 908 99.7%
2023 96.55 4th 896 99.6%
2024 91.46 43rd 891 95.2%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 93.80 25th 925 97.3%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 97.67 6th 399 98.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.47 49th 154 68.2%
2019 79.37 19th 155 87.7%
2021 84.96 5th 141 96.5%
2022 79.78 20th 143 86.0%
2023 83.07 11th 145 92.4%
2024 87.74 4th 152 97.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 98.66 4th 398 99.0%
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Rank History for White students at Margaret A Neary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.02 40th 772 94.8%
2019 93.91 10th 780 98.7%
2021 89.79 34th 765 95.6%
2022 93.21 12th 764 98.4%
2023 90.92 32nd 762 95.8%
2024 80.42 111th 753 85.3%
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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 Margaret A Neary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 347 1 12 1 0 n/a n/a 0 361
1989 361 2 13 2 1 n/a n/a 0 379
1990 293 1 14 2 1 n/a n/a 0 311
1991 320 1 13 2 0 n/a n/a 0 336
1992 350 1 16 3 0 n/a n/a 0 370
1993 338 3 16 2 0 n/a n/a 0 359
1994 384 2 10 4 0 n/a n/a 0 400
1995 439 5 9 6 0 n/a n/a 0 459
1996 439 5 9 6 0 n/a n/a 0 459
1997 483 7 20 10 0 n/a n/a 0 520
1998 534 16 26 9 1 n/a n/a 0 586
1999 406 11 21 6 0 n/a n/a 0 444
2000 452 6 24 1 0 n/a n/a 0 483
2001 468 8 22 4 0 n/a n/a 0 502
2002 476 9 20 11 2 n/a n/a 0 518
2003 476 9 20 11 2 n/a n/a 0 518
2004 497 6 26 7 3 n/a n/a 0 539
2005 327 4 23 5 1 n/a n/a 0 360
2006 344 5 19 4 0 n/a n/a 0 372
2007 329 4 21 3 0 n/a n/a 0 357
2008 320 4 28 3 1 n/a n/a 1 357
2009 293 5 33 8 2 1 0 0 342
2010 312 3 38 6 2 0 1 0 362
2011 312 1 45 6 0 0 4 0 368
2012 283 1 42 8 0 1 5 0 340
2013 249 1 48 6 0 1 7 0 312
2014 252 2 44 9 0 1 12 0 320
2015 229 3 43 10 0 0 9 0 294
2016 218 1 53 14 0 0 10 0 296
2017 213 1 48 19 1 0 16 0 298
2018 182 3 40 19 0 0 14 0 258
2019 173 3 48 17 0 0 17 0 258
2020 184 4 49 12 0 0 19 0 268
2021 175 4 46 8 1 0 18 0 252
2022 183 1 46 10 1 0 18 1 260
2023 196 2 42 11 0 0 16 0 267

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 Margaret A Neary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 361 n/a n/a n/a
1989 379 n/a n/a n/a
1990 311 n/a n/a n/a
1991 336 n/a n/a n/a
1992 370 n/a n/a n/a
1993 359 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 400 n/a n/a n/a
1995 459 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 459 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 520 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 586 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 444 n/a 0.0 0.7
2000 483 n/a 0.0 1.2
2001 502 n/a 0.0 1
2002 518 n/a n/a 3.1
2003 518 n/a n/a 3.1
2004 539 37.7 14.3 2
2005 360 28.1 12.8 0.3
2006 372 25.5 14.6 1.3
2007 357 26.0 13.7 1.1
2008 357 25.0 14.3 1.7
2009 342 22.8 15.0 2
2010 362 24.1 14.9 2.8
2011 368 23.5 15.6 2.2
2012 340 23.8 14.2 3.2
2013 312 19.5 15.9 2.9
2014 320 23.8 13.4 3.4
2015 294 23.0 12.7 3.1
2016 296 22.0 13.4 n/a
2017 298 23.6 12.6 n/a
2018 258 17.6 14.6 n/a
2019 258 17.6 14.6 n/a
2020 268 19.6 13.6 n/a
2021 252 21.0 12.0 n/a
2022 260 22.0 11.8 n/a
2023 267 20.9 12.7 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 Margaret A Neary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 361 n/a n/a n/a
1989 379 n/a n/a n/a
1990 311 n/a n/a n/a
1991 336 n/a n/a n/a
1992 370 n/a n/a n/a
1993 359 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 400 n/a n/a n/a
1995 459 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 459 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 520 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 586 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 444 n/a 0.0 0.7
2000 483 n/a 0.0 1.2
2001 502 n/a 0.0 1
2002 518 n/a n/a 3.1
2003 518 n/a n/a 3.1
2004 539 37.7 14.3 2
2005 360 28.1 12.8 0.3
2006 372 25.5 14.6 1.3
2007 357 26.0 13.7 1.1
2008 357 25.0 14.3 1.7
2009 342 22.8 15.0 2
2010 362 24.1 14.9 2.8
2011 368 23.5 15.6 2.2
2012 340 23.8 14.2 3.2
2013 312 19.5 15.9 2.9
2014 320 23.8 13.4 3.4
2015 294 23.0 12.7 3.1
2016 296 22.0 13.4 n/a
2017 298 23.6 12.6 n/a
2018 258 17.6 14.6 n/a
2019 258 17.6 14.6 n/a
2020 268 19.6 13.6 n/a
2021 252 21.0 12.0 n/a
2022 260 22.0 11.8 n/a
2023 267 20.9 12.7 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 Margaret A Neary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $00 (0.0%) $19,661 (100.0%) $19,661
2020 $00 (0.0%) $19,064 (100.0%) $19,064
2021 $344 (1.6%) $20,885 (98.4%) $21,229

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Margaret A Neary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 9th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 15th of 928 Elementary schools
 0.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts (Margaret A Neary)8172.2
 8.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Southborough)8072.2
 7.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Margaret A Neary)8579.2
 5.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Southborough)8479.2
 4.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Margaret A Neary)7977.9
 1.1%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Southborough)7977
 2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Margaret A Neary)8781.5
 5.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Southborough)8680.4
 5.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Margaret A Neary)8878.7
 9.3%
   5th Grade Science (Southborough)8778.4
 8.6%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Margaret A Neary)8075.2
 4.8%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Southborough)7974.4
 4.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Margaret A Neary)8680.4
 5.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (Southborough)8576.1
 8.9%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Margaret A Neary)8878.7
 9.3%
   All Grades Science (Southborough)8077.5
 2.5%
   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 Students258267
 3.5%
African American32
 33.3%
American Indian00
Asian4842
 12.5%
Hispanic1711
 35.3%
Pacific Islander00
White173196
 13.3%
Two or More Races1716
 5.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Margaret A Neary

Students who attend Margaret A Neary usually go on to attend:

Middle : P Brent Trottier
High : Algonquin Regional High

In the 2022-23 school year, 267 students attended Margaret A Neary.

Yes! Margaret A Neary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 39th of 916 Massachusetts elementary schools.

Students at Margaret A Neary are 73% White, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic.


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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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