West Street

Summary:

West Street Elementary School is a public school in Southbridge, Massachusetts, serving 335 students in grades 1-5. The school is part of the Southbridge School District, which is ranked 348 out of 351 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

West Street Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Massachusetts elementary schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. The school's proficiency rates in MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than the Southbridge district and the state of Massachusetts averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 9.38% of West Street students were proficient or better in MCAS ELA, compared to 10.94% in Southbridge and 39.17% statewide. Additionally, West Street's student subgroups, such as Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities, consistently rank in the bottom 10-20% of Massachusetts elementary schools in their respective categories.

Despite the higher spending per student at West Street ($19,920 in 2020-2021) compared to nearby schools, which range from $14,985 to $21,701 per student, the school's academic outcomes remain significantly below the state and district averages. This raises questions about the effectiveness of the school's resource allocation and the need to evaluate how funds are being utilized to support student learning.


Detail:

Public 1-5

 156 West Street
       Southbridge, MA  01550


(508) 764-5470

District: Southbridge

SchoolDigger Rank:
889th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,920 Help


Students who attend West Street usually attend:

Middle:    Southbridge Middle School
High:    Southbridge High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.9 Help
Number of students:  335

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
69.6%
White:
26.3%
Two or more races:
2.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  52.5% Help


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Compare Details West Street ranks worse than 97.1% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 6.89. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details West Street has the largest elementary school student body size in the Southbridge School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (69.6%), White (26.3%), two or more races (2.4%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at West Street is 11.9. 1 elementary schools in the Southbridge School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at West Street is $19,920. 1 elementary schools in the Southbridge School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

West Street:

SchoolDigger ranks West Street 889th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See West Street in the ranking list.)

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White students:


Southbridge:

SchoolDigger ranks Southbridge 348th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for West Street

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Rank History for all students at West Street

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 14.36 768th 884 13.1%
2004 14.55 758th 882 14.1%
2005 15.86 764th 887 13.9%
2006 22.49 749th 911 17.8%
2007 15.63 798th 911 12.4%
2008 14.41 801st 908 11.8%
2009 23.71 743rd 909 18.3%
2010 22.78 751st 920 18.4%
2011 20.34 766th 924 17.1%
2012 15.82 798th 930 14.2%
2013 14.40 820th 928 11.6%
2014 16.79 801st 926 13.5%
2015 12.26 835th 914 8.6%
2016 13.47 842nd 932 9.7%
2017 12.68 847th 938 9.7%
2018 5.29 914th 934 2.1%
2019 5.03 922nd 942 2.1%
2021 9.55 882nd 936 5.8%
2022 7.45 899th 932 3.5%
2023 3.91 924th 928 0.4%
2024 6.89 889th 916 2.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at West Street

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.42 238th 244 2.5%
2019 25.15 212th 258 17.8%
2021 23.51 237th 240 1.3%
2022 44.09 114th 267 57.3%
2023 32.52 200th 264 24.2%
2024 15.27 282nd 282 0.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at West Street

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.85 875th 886 1.2%
2019 9.97 878th 896 2.0%
2021 18.09 816th 894 8.7%
2022 13.35 868th 905 4.1%
2023 16.72 670th 703 4.7%
2024 17.24 684th 731 6.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at West Street

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.65 673rd 685 1.8%
2019 9.80 683rd 700 2.4%
2021 21.68 618th 705 12.3%
2022 15.10 732nd 772 5.2%
2023 9.24 746th 757 1.5%
2024 16.32 712th 760 6.3%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at West Street

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.57 879th 893 1.6%
2019 6.43 881st 902 2.3%
2021 8.62 867th 898 3.5%
2022 7.02 880th 901 2.3%
2023 4.42 882nd 887 0.6%
2024 7.10 865th 886 2.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at West Street

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.99 646th 656 1.5%
2019 15.78 638th 665 4.1%
2021 21.17 546th 632 13.6%
2022 20.85 591st 672 12.1%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Disabled Students!

Rank History for Male students at West Street

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.17 861st 898 4.1%
2019 5.35 890th 907 1.9%
2021 13.23 803rd 904 11.2%
2022 10.13 859th 908 5.4%
2023 5.23 887th 896 1.0%
2024 8.53 859th 891 3.6%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at West Street

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 10.31 862nd 925 6.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at West Street

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.80 357th 379 5.8%
2019 11.59 390th 398 2.0%
2021 24.42 322nd 379 15.0%
2022 18.82 374th 401 6.7%
2023 12.35 416th 420 1.0%
2024 18.11 419th 446 6.1%
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Rank History for White students at West Street

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 3.84 763rd 772 1.2%
2019 7.32 754th 780 3.3%
2021 9.52 720th 765 5.9%
2022 7.29 738th 764 3.4%
2023 2.26 758th 762 0.5%
2024 14.67 692nd 753 8.1%
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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.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for West Street

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 436 0 19 64 0 n/a n/a 0 519
1989 333 1 11 72 0 n/a n/a 0 417
1990 319 0 8 110 0 n/a n/a 0 437
1991 317 0 8 119 0 n/a n/a 0 444
1992 288 0 14 128 0 n/a n/a 0 430
1993 274 0 12 131 0 n/a n/a 0 417
1994 333 0 8 107 0 n/a n/a 0 448
1995 286 1 8 139 0 n/a n/a 0 434
1996 286 1 8 139 0 n/a n/a 0 434
1997 278 4 7 153 2 n/a n/a 0 444
1998 301 5 5 122 0 n/a n/a 0 433
1999 301 9 8 142 0 n/a n/a 0 460
2000 277 5 10 157 0 n/a n/a 0 449
2001 275 12 8 163 0 n/a n/a 0 458
2002 347 12 7 187 1 n/a n/a 0 554
2003 347 12 7 187 1 n/a n/a 0 554
2004 314 13 10 173 0 n/a n/a 0 510
2005 293 7 10 182 0 n/a n/a 0 492
2006 276 3 6 161 0 n/a n/a 0 446
2007 305 3 3 147 0 n/a n/a 2 460
2008 260 2 10 175 1 n/a n/a 2 450
2009 226 5 6 178 0 0 0 0 415
2010 219 6 4 179 0 0 2 0 410
2011 236 9 7 167 0 0 3 0 422
2012 215 7 6 146 0 1 0 0 375
2013 283 4 11 172 1 0 1 0 472
2014 265 2 9 135 2 0 2 0 415
2015 257 1 9 154 1 0 3 0 425
2016 179 3 12 233 1 0 14 0 442
2017 178 6 10 225 3 0 9 0 431
2018 126 1 9 174 0 0 7 0 317
2019 118 4 3 204 0 0 5 0 334
2020 115 4 2 192 0 0 3 0 316
2021 96 1 2 208 0 0 6 0 313
2022 81 3 3 220 0 0 5 0 312
2023 88 5 1 233 0 0 8 0 335

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 West Street

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 519 n/a n/a n/a
1989 417 n/a n/a n/a
1990 437 n/a n/a n/a
1991 444 n/a n/a n/a
1992 430 n/a n/a n/a
1993 417 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 448 n/a n/a n/a
1995 434 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 434 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 444 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 433 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 460 n/a 0.0 56.5
2000 449 n/a 0.0 48.8
2001 458 n/a 0.0 59.4
2002 554 n/a n/a 60.6
2003 554 n/a n/a 60.6
2004 510 36.5 14.0 67.6
2005 492 43.0 11.4 59.8
2006 446 33.7 13.2 58.1
2007 460 30.0 15.3 59.6
2008 450 36.0 12.5 59.8
2009 415 35.9 11.6 55.4
2010 410 35.9 11.4 59.5
2011 422 35.6 11.8 68.7
2012 375 28.0 13.3 74.4
2013 472 34.0 13.8 68.4
2014 415 33.8 12.2 74.2
2015 425 34.0 12.5 52.5
2016 442 34.0 13.0 n/a
2017 431 33.5 12.8 n/a
2018 317 31.9 9.9 n/a
2019 334 30.6 10.8 n/a
2020 316 27.9 11.2 n/a
2021 313 30.0 10.4 n/a
2022 312 29.0 10.7 n/a
2023 335 28.0 11.9 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 West Street

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 519 n/a n/a n/a
1989 417 n/a n/a n/a
1990 437 n/a n/a n/a
1991 444 n/a n/a n/a
1992 430 n/a n/a n/a
1993 417 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 448 n/a n/a n/a
1995 434 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 434 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 444 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 433 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 460 n/a 0.0 56.5
2000 449 n/a 0.0 48.8
2001 458 n/a 0.0 59.4
2002 554 n/a n/a 60.6
2003 554 n/a n/a 60.6
2004 510 36.5 14.0 67.6
2005 492 43.0 11.4 59.8
2006 446 33.7 13.2 58.1
2007 460 30.0 15.3 59.6
2008 450 36.0 12.5 59.8
2009 415 35.9 11.6 55.4
2010 410 35.9 11.4 59.5
2011 422 35.6 11.8 68.7
2012 375 28.0 13.3 74.4
2013 472 34.0 13.8 68.4
2014 415 33.8 12.2 74.2
2015 425 34.0 12.5 52.5
2016 442 34.0 13.0 n/a
2017 431 33.5 12.8 n/a
2018 317 31.9 9.9 n/a
2019 334 30.6 10.8 n/a
2020 316 27.9 11.2 n/a
2021 313 30.0 10.4 n/a
2022 312 29.0 10.7 n/a
2023 335 28.0 11.9 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 West Street

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,524 (8.2%) $17,045 (91.8%) $18,569
2020 $880 (4.7%) $17,941 (95.3%) $18,821
2021 $1,892 (9.5%) $18,028 (90.5%) $19,920

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

Impact of COVID-19 on West Street

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 922nd of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 924th of 928 Elementary schools
 1.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (West Street)1711.5
 5.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Southbridge)147.6
 6.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (West Street)122.3
 9.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Southbridge)91.3
 7.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (West Street)318.6
 22.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Southbridge)338.9
 24.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (West Street)2512.1
 12.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Southbridge)1911.5
 7.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (West Street)146.1
 7.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Southbridge)1712.7
 4.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (West Street)91.2
 7.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Southbridge)76
 1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (West Street)164.9
 11.1%
   5th Grade Science (Southbridge)197.4
 11.6%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (West Street)218.8
 12.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Southbridge)1712
 5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (West Street)154.4
 10.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (Southbridge)1010.9
 0.9%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (West Street)164.9
 11.1%
   All Grades Science (Southbridge)169
 7%
   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 Students334335
 0.3%
African American45
 25%
American Indian00
Asian31
 66.7%
Hispanic204233
 14.2%
Pacific Islander00
White11888
 25.4%
Two or More Races58
 60%


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Frequently Asked Questions about West Street

In the 2022-23 school year, 335 students attended West Street.

West Street ranks in the bottom 2.9% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Students at West Street are 70% Hispanic, 26% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Students who attend West Street usually go on to attend:

Middle : Southbridge Middle School
High : Southbridge High School


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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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