Indian Orchard Elementary

Summary:

Indian Orchard Elementary is a public elementary school serving 543 students in grades PK-5 in the Springfield school district in Massachusetts.

The school faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10-15% of Massachusetts elementary schools based on state MCAS assessment scores. In the 2023-2024 school year, Indian Orchard Elementary's proficiency rates were well below the state averages in English Language Arts (15.74% vs 39.17%), Mathematics (14.8% vs 40.91%), and Science (26.67% vs 41.95%). However, the school's African American and Hispanic students perform relatively better compared to the overall school, ranking in the top 40% and top 60-70% of Massachusetts elementary schools for those subgroups, respectively.

When compared to nearby schools like Stony Hill School, Springfield Preparatory Charter School, and Warner, Indian Orchard Elementary generally underperforms, with lower proficiency rates in core subjects. The school also has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 11.7 and higher per-student spending of $18,854 compared to nearby schools, which may be areas to further investigate.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 95 Milton Street
       Indian Orchard, MA  01151


(413) 787-7255

District: Springfield

SchoolDigger Rank:
838th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,854 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  11.7 Help
Number of students:  543

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
69.1%
African American:
17.5%
White:
7.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  84% Help


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Compare Details Indian Orchard Elementary ranks worse than 91.5% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 27th among 32 ranked elementary schools in the Springfield School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.79. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (69.1%), African American (17.5%), White (7.9%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Indian Orchard Elementary is 11.7. 22 elementary schools in the Springfield School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Indian Orchard Elementary is $18,854. 20 elementary schools in the Springfield School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Indian Orchard Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Indian Orchard Elementary 838th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Indian Orchard Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Springfield:

SchoolDigger ranks Springfield 328th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Indian Orchard Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 12.50 773rd 884 12.6%
2004 14.03 765th 882 13.3%
2005 15.34 769th 887 13.3%
2006 13.89 810th 911 11.1%
2007 16.76 788th 911 13.5%
2008 19.76 767th 908 15.5%
2009 19.14 768th 909 15.5%
2010 12.92 823rd 920 10.5%
2011 14.07 814th 924 11.9%
2012 7.76 873rd 930 6.1%
2013 8.24 870th 928 6.3%
2014 10.55 855th 926 7.7%
2015 9.46 862nd 914 5.7%
2016 5.86 910th 932 2.4%
2017 9.09 889th 938 5.2%
2018 5.99 906th 934 3.0%
2019 6.63 909th 942 3.5%
2021 10.73 858th 936 8.3%
2022 12.11 839th 932 10.0%
2023 12.95 828th 928 10.8%
2024 11.79 838th 916 8.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.49 226th 244 7.4%
2019 15.92 254th 258 1.6%
2024 37.88 170th 282 39.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.47 833rd 886 6.0%
2019 14.12 856th 896 4.5%
2021 20.92 780th 894 12.8%
2022 24.13 753rd 905 16.8%
2023 26.85 533rd 703 24.2%
2024 21.44 613th 731 16.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.09 622nd 685 9.2%
2019 15.58 662nd 700 5.4%
2021 26.48 573rd 705 18.7%
2022 27.57 608th 772 21.2%
2023 28.40 602nd 757 20.5%
2024 25.07 636th 760 16.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.24 828th 893 7.3%
2019 7.37 877th 902 2.8%
2021 12.71 813th 898 9.5%
2022 11.28 833rd 901 7.5%
2023 13.28 798th 887 10.0%
2024 10.27 836th 886 5.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.54 578th 656 11.9%
2019 17.81 619th 665 6.9%
2021 29.07 453rd 632 28.3%
2022 21.93 581st 672 13.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 5.07 886th 898 1.3%
2019 7.46 873rd 907 3.7%
2021 11.70 828th 904 8.4%
2022 15.42 797th 908 12.2%
2023 14.81 790th 896 11.8%
2024 15.69 778th 891 12.7%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 11.65 837th 925 9.5%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 19.17 336th 399 15.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.71 156th 174 10.3%
2019 25.63 148th 172 14.0%
2021 22.83 149th 166 10.2%
2022 48.08 79th 173 54.3%
2023 55.97 62nd 167 62.9%
2024 24.23 144th 167 13.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.44 335th 379 11.6%
2019 17.57 373rd 398 6.3%
2021 36.58 227th 379 40.1%
2022 37.21 242nd 401 39.7%
2023 32.13 305th 420 27.4%
2024 37.37 276th 446 38.1%
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Rank History for White students at Indian Orchard Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.62 736th 772 4.7%
2019 21.43 670th 780 14.1%
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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 Indian Orchard Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 245 102 2 50 0 n/a n/a 0 399
1989 263 114 2 59 0 n/a n/a 0 438
1990 276 117 4 67 0 n/a n/a 0 464
1991 252 126 4 79 1 n/a n/a 0 462
1992 197 85 1 83 0 n/a n/a 0 366
1993 173 121 4 64 0 n/a n/a 0 362
1994 166 141 4 45 0 n/a n/a 0 356
1995 141 139 4 68 0 n/a n/a 0 352
1996 141 139 4 68 0 n/a n/a 0 352
1997 143 149 4 77 0 n/a n/a 0 373
1998 164 150 3 76 0 n/a n/a 0 393
1999 163 119 1 100 0 n/a n/a 0 383
2000 201 172 3 148 0 n/a n/a 0 524
2001 207 192 11 184 1 n/a n/a 0 595
2002 215 194 9 220 1 n/a n/a 0 639
2003 215 194 9 220 1 n/a n/a 0 639
2004 199 182 11 210 1 n/a n/a 0 603
2005 187 187 9 235 1 n/a n/a 0 619
2006 205 178 2 286 1 n/a n/a 23 695
2007 229 181 1 279 1 n/a n/a 24 715
2008 179 136 2 269 1 n/a n/a 25 612
2009 168 134 2 264 0 0 33 0 601
2010 159 127 3 326 0 0 42 0 657
2011 168 131 3 350 1 0 37 0 690
2012 153 138 4 365 1 1 29 0 691
2013 142 107 6 402 0 0 26 0 683
2014 130 99 5 416 0 0 21 0 671
2015 129 111 8 424 0 0 22 0 694
2016 125 116 9 406 1 0 23 0 680
2017 104 113 11 417 0 0 21 0 666
2018 87 111 11 412 1 0 16 0 638
2019 81 119 12 426 3 0 15 0 656
2020 72 132 4 415 1 0 20 0 644
2021 67 101 2 392 2 0 15 0 579
2022 55 81 2 357 3 0 20 0 518
2023 43 95 3 375 2 0 25 0 543

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 Indian Orchard Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 399 n/a n/a n/a
1989 438 n/a n/a n/a
1990 464 n/a n/a n/a
1991 462 n/a n/a n/a
1992 366 n/a n/a n/a
1993 362 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 356 n/a n/a n/a
1995 352 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 352 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 373 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 393 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 383 n/a 0.0 93
2000 524 n/a 0.0 52.9
2001 595 n/a 0.0 30.9
2002 639 n/a n/a 79.5
2003 639 n/a n/a 79.5
2004 603 46.5 13.0 76.1
2005 619 49.5 12.5 75.4
2006 695 58.5 11.9 82.1
2007 715 56.0 12.8 84.5
2008 612 54.5 11.2 88.1
2009 601 45.8 13.1 83.9
2010 657 48.2 13.6 85.2
2011 690 48.8 14.1 89
2012 691 48.3 14.2 90
2013 683 57.5 11.8 88.3
2014 671 57.1 11.7 88.2
2015 694 56.0 12.3 84
2016 680 49.0 13.8 n/a
2017 666 51.8 12.8 n/a
2018 638 46.0 13.8 n/a
2019 656 45.0 14.5 n/a
2020 644 45.0 14.3 n/a
2021 579 48.6 11.9 n/a
2022 518 47.0 11.0 n/a
2023 543 46.0 11.7 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 Indian Orchard Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 399 n/a n/a n/a
1989 438 n/a n/a n/a
1990 464 n/a n/a n/a
1991 462 n/a n/a n/a
1992 366 n/a n/a n/a
1993 362 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 356 n/a n/a n/a
1995 352 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 352 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 373 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 393 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 383 n/a 0.0 93
2000 524 n/a 0.0 52.9
2001 595 n/a 0.0 30.9
2002 639 n/a n/a 79.5
2003 639 n/a n/a 79.5
2004 603 46.5 13.0 76.1
2005 619 49.5 12.5 75.4
2006 695 58.5 11.9 82.1
2007 715 56.0 12.8 84.5
2008 612 54.5 11.2 88.1
2009 601 45.8 13.1 83.9
2010 657 48.2 13.6 85.2
2011 690 48.8 14.1 89
2012 691 48.3 14.2 90
2013 683 57.5 11.8 88.3
2014 671 57.1 11.7 88.2
2015 694 56.0 12.3 84
2016 680 49.0 13.8 n/a
2017 666 51.8 12.8 n/a
2018 638 46.0 13.8 n/a
2019 656 45.0 14.5 n/a
2020 644 45.0 14.3 n/a
2021 579 48.6 11.9 n/a
2022 518 47.0 11.0 n/a
2023 543 46.0 11.7 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 Indian Orchard Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,677 (10.6%) $14,101 (89.4%) $15,778
2020 $1,527 (9.6%) $14,451 (90.4%) $15,978
2021 $2,210 (11.7%) $16,644 (88.3%) $18,854

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Indian Orchard Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 909th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 828th of 928 Elementary schools
 7.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Indian Orchard Elementary)2221.5
 0.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)4125.6
 15.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Indian Orchard Elementary)1026.2
 16.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Springfield)3020.7
 9.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Indian Orchard Elementary)2410.8
 13.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)3321
 12%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Indian Orchard Elementary)1423.1
 9.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)2822.9
 5.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Indian Orchard Elementary)3223.1
 8.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)3727.6
 9.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Indian Orchard Elementary)219.4
 11.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)3019.8
 10.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Indian Orchard Elementary)2717.5
 9.5%
   5th Grade Science (Springfield)2923.8
 5.2%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Indian Orchard Elementary)2518.5
 6.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Springfield)3021.9
 8.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Indian Orchard Elementary)1419.6
 5.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (Springfield)2516.3
 8.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Indian Orchard Elementary)2717.5
 9.5%
   All Grades Science (Springfield)2318.1
 4.9%
   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 Students656543
 17.2%
African American11995
 20.2%
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian123
 75%
Hispanic426375
 12%
Pacific Islander00
White8143
 46.9%
Two or More Races1525
 66.7%


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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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