William N. DeBerry

Summary:

William N. DeBerry is an elementary school in Springfield, MA, serving 244 students in grades PK-5. The school faces significant challenges in supporting the academic achievement of its predominantly Hispanic student population.

William N. DeBerry consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Massachusetts elementary schools, with 0 out of 5 SchoolDigger stars. Its proficiency rates on MCAS Next Generation assessments for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are well below the state and district averages across all grades. The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of Massachusetts elementary schools for Female, Male, African American, Hispanic, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

While William N. DeBerry spends significantly more per student ($20,554 in 2020-2021) compared to nearby Benjamin Swan Elementary, Elias Brookings, and Milton Bradley School, this does not translate to improved academic outcomes. The school's consistently low performance across various metrics suggests a need for significant and sustained intervention to improve student outcomes.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 680 Union Street
       Springfield, MA  01109


(413) 787-7582

District: Springfield

SchoolDigger Rank:
867th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $20,554 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  13.4 Help
Number of students:  424

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
71.5%
African American:
21.0%
Two or more races:
4.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.4% Help


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Compare Details William N. DeBerry ranks worse than 94.7% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 29th 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 9.16. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (71.5%), African American (21%), two or more races (4%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at William N. DeBerry is 13.4. 31 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 William N. DeBerry is $20,554, which is the 6th highest among 32 elementary schools in the Springfield School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

William N. DeBerry:

SchoolDigger ranks William N. DeBerry 867th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See William N. DeBerry 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 William N. DeBerry

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Rank History for all students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 3.25 866th 884 2.0%
2004 12.83 776th 882 12.0%
2005 14.96 777th 887 12.4%
2006 4.05 897th 911 1.5%
2007 4.11 887th 911 2.6%
2008 5.89 869th 908 4.3%
2009 3.50 891st 909 2.0%
2010 2.77 908th 920 1.3%
2011 5.24 898th 924 2.8%
2012 2.63 918th 930 1.3%
2013 3.88 906th 928 2.4%
2014 9.51 865th 926 6.6%
2015 14.08 817th 914 10.6%
2016 32.04 678th 932 27.3%
2017 35.53 651st 938 30.6%
2018 21.74 764th 934 18.2%
2019 12.46 865th 942 8.2%
2021 9.22 884th 936 5.6%
2022 7.35 900th 932 3.4%
2023 5.64 909th 928 2.0%
2024 9.16 867th 916 5.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 40.44 137th 258 46.9%
2024 51.65 93rd 282 67.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.80 545th 886 38.5%
2019 24.13 764th 896 14.7%
2021 17.73 820th 894 8.3%
2022 14.26 859th 905 5.1%
2023 14.77 696th 703 1.0%
2024 14.48 717th 731 1.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.71 428th 685 37.5%
2019 26.03 577th 700 17.6%
2021 21.33 623rd 705 11.6%
2022 16.05 724th 772 6.2%
2023 12.48 725th 757 4.2%
2024 20.55 675th 760 11.2%
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Rank History for Female students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.70 811th 893 9.2%
2019 18.19 782nd 902 13.3%
2021 8.92 862nd 898 4.0%
2022 7.34 878th 901 2.6%
2023 9.16 843rd 887 5.0%
2024 9.38 845th 886 4.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.78 180th 656 72.6%
2019 37.18 401st 665 39.7%
2021 37.96 378th 632 40.2%
2022 29.40 482nd 672 28.3%
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Rank History for Male students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.10 647th 898 28.0%
2019 11.16 846th 907 6.7%
2021 12.14 822nd 904 9.1%
2022 9.05 869th 908 4.3%
2023 4.60 889th 896 0.8%
2024 10.80 833rd 891 6.5%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 9.69 871st 925 5.8%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 16.87 362nd 399 9.3%
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Rank History for African American students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 18.56 159th 167 4.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at William N. DeBerry

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.85 161st 379 57.5%
2019 32.76 298th 398 25.1%
2021 25.90 311th 379 17.9%
2022 22.63 358th 401 10.7%
2023 23.13 365th 420 13.1%
2024 28.01 351st 446 21.3%
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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 William N. DeBerry

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 114 192 2 227 0 n/a n/a 0 535
1989 134 196 3 277 0 n/a n/a 0 610
1990 97 160 6 300 0 n/a n/a 0 563
1991 106 158 6 297 0 n/a n/a 0 567
1992 61 158 7 213 0 n/a n/a 0 439
1993 51 149 8 176 0 n/a n/a 0 384
1994 60 145 10 153 0 n/a n/a 0 368
1995 64 118 5 154 0 n/a n/a 0 341
1996 64 118 5 154 0 n/a n/a 0 341
1997 56 126 4 145 1 n/a n/a 0 332
1998 50 131 11 170 0 n/a n/a 0 362
1999 42 134 6 197 0 n/a n/a 0 379
2000 34 151 1 209 0 n/a n/a 0 395
2001 21 151 0 198 1 n/a n/a 0 371
2002 10 116 0 182 1 n/a n/a 0 309
2003 10 116 0 182 1 n/a n/a 0 309
2004 8 111 0 173 1 n/a n/a 0 293
2005 8 98 0 165 1 n/a n/a 0 272
2006 5 93 0 181 0 n/a n/a 6 285
2007 17 94 1 169 0 n/a n/a 16 297
2008 13 68 1 156 0 n/a n/a 10 248
2009 12 79 1 156 0 0 12 0 260
2010 13 63 0 169 0 0 13 0 258
2011 13 68 0 174 0 0 15 0 270
2012 12 71 0 184 1 0 13 0 281
2013 10 58 0 191 2 0 6 0 267
2014 12 65 1 226 1 0 5 0 310
2015 9 59 0 219 1 0 4 0 292
2016 17 53 0 228 1 0 0 0 299
2017 9 48 0 237 1 0 3 0 298
2018 14 53 0 193 0 0 1 0 261
2019 13 47 1 170 1 0 2 0 234
2020 13 52 1 189 0 0 6 0 261
2021 14 44 1 221 0 0 4 0 284
2022 12 51 0 166 0 0 7 0 236
2023 10 61 0 165 0 0 8 0 244
2024 15 89 0 303 0 0 17 0 424

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 William N. DeBerry

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 535 n/a n/a n/a
1989 610 n/a n/a n/a
1990 563 n/a n/a n/a
1991 567 n/a n/a n/a
1992 439 n/a n/a n/a
1993 384 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 368 n/a n/a n/a
1995 341 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 341 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 332 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 362 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 379 n/a 0.0 95
2000 395 n/a 0.0 99
2001 371 n/a 0.0 70.6
2002 309 n/a n/a 79.6
2003 309 n/a n/a 79.6
2004 293 32.0 9.2 93.2
2005 272 32.0 8.5 88.2
2006 285 30.0 9.5 95.7
2007 297 33.0 9.0 99.6
2008 248 30.5 8.1 100.4
2009 260 23.4 11.1 96.2
2010 258 28.2 9.1 95.3
2011 270 26.6 10.1 97.8
2012 281 29.1 9.6 96.1
2013 267 28.1 9.4 96.6
2014 310 29.1 10.6 98.1
2015 292 29.0 10.0 91.4
2016 299 29.0 10.3 n/a
2017 298 26.3 11.3 n/a
2018 261 22.0 11.8 n/a
2019 234 25.0 9.3 n/a
2020 261 26.7 9.7 n/a
2021 284 27.5 10.3 n/a
2022 236 27.0 8.7 n/a
2023 244 28.0 8.7 n/a
2024 424 31.5 13.4 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 William N. DeBerry

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 535 n/a n/a n/a
1989 610 n/a n/a n/a
1990 563 n/a n/a n/a
1991 567 n/a n/a n/a
1992 439 n/a n/a n/a
1993 384 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 368 n/a n/a n/a
1995 341 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 341 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 332 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 362 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 379 n/a 0.0 95
2000 395 n/a 0.0 99
2001 371 n/a 0.0 70.6
2002 309 n/a n/a 79.6
2003 309 n/a n/a 79.6
2004 293 32.0 9.2 93.2
2005 272 32.0 8.5 88.2
2006 285 30.0 9.5 95.7
2007 297 33.0 9.0 99.6
2008 248 30.5 8.1 100.4
2009 260 23.4 11.1 96.2
2010 258 28.2 9.1 95.3
2011 270 26.6 10.1 97.8
2012 281 29.1 9.6 96.1
2013 267 28.1 9.4 96.6
2014 310 29.1 10.6 98.1
2015 292 29.0 10.0 91.4
2016 299 29.0 10.3 n/a
2017 298 26.3 11.3 n/a
2018 261 22.0 11.8 n/a
2019 234 25.0 9.3 n/a
2020 261 26.7 9.7 n/a
2021 284 27.5 10.3 n/a
2022 236 27.0 8.7 n/a
2023 244 28.0 8.7 n/a
2024 424 31.5 13.4 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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for William N. DeBerry

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,579 (8.3%) $17,417 (91.7%) $18,996
2020 $2,088 (10.8%) $17,322 (89.2%) $19,410
2021 $2,405 (11.7%) $18,148 (88.3%) $20,554

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

Impact of COVID-19 on William N. DeBerry

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 865th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 909th of 928 Elementary schools
 6.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (William N. DeBerry)5414
 40.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)4125.6
 15.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (William N. DeBerry)487
 41%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Springfield)3020.7
 9.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (William N. DeBerry)143
 11%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)3321
 12%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (William N. DeBerry)169.1
 6.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)2822.9
 5.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (William N. DeBerry)1614.7
 1.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)3727.6
 9.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (William N. DeBerry)145.9
 8.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)3019.8
 10.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (William N. DeBerry)914.7
 5.7%
   5th Grade Science (Springfield)2923.8
 5.2%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (William N. DeBerry)2610.9
 15.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Springfield)3021.9
 8.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (William N. DeBerry)247.3
 16.7%
   All Grades Mathematics (Springfield)2516.3
 8.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (William N. DeBerry)914.7
 5.7%
   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 Students234244
 4.3%
African American4761
 29.8%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic170165
 2.9%
Pacific Islander00
White1310
 23.1%
Two or More Races28
 300%


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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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