William Seach

Summary:

William Seach is an elementary school located in Weymouth, Massachusetts, serving 356 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Weymouth School District, which is ranked 174 out of 351 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

William Seach has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Massachusetts elementary schools, with a 1- or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on MCAS Next Generation assessments is significantly below the Weymouth district and Massachusetts state averages across all grades and subjects. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 22.22% of William Seach students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 40.13% in Weymouth and 39.17% statewide. In mathematics, 26.9% of William Seach students were proficient or better, compared to 38.28% in Weymouth and 40.91% statewide.

When comparing William Seach to nearby schools in the Weymouth district, as well as schools in the neighboring Braintree and Hingham districts, the nearby schools generally outperform William Seach on MCAS assessments, with higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. The Braintree and Hingham schools, in particular, are among the top-performing elementary schools in the state, with 4- and 5-star ratings from SchoolDigger.


Detail:

Public K-5

 770 Middle Street
       Weymouth, MA  02188


(781) 335-7589

District: Weymouth

SchoolDigger Rank:
723rd of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,658 Help


Students who attend William Seach usually attend:

High:    Weymouth High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.1 Help
Number of students:  356

Racial breakdown:

White:
42.4%
Hispanic:
24.2%
African American:
18.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  60.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details William Seach ranks worse than 78.9% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks last among 8 ranked elementary schools in the Weymouth School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 21.48. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details William Seach has the largest elementary school student body size in the Weymouth School District. Student population at William Seach is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (42.4%), Hispanic (24.2%), African American (18%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at William Seach is 14.1. 6 elementary schools in the Weymouth School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at William Seach is $15,658. 5 elementary schools in the Weymouth School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

William Seach:

SchoolDigger ranks William Seach 723rd of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See William Seach in the ranking list.)

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Weymouth:

SchoolDigger ranks Weymouth 174th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for William Seach

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Rank History for all students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 27.05 668th 884 24.4%
2004 40.27 567th 882 35.7%
2005 57.52 400th 887 54.9%
2006 64.51 330th 911 63.8%
2007 50.66 501st 911 45.0%
2008 42.22 589th 908 35.1%
2009 29.26 697th 909 23.3%
2010 44.81 582nd 920 36.7%
2011 45.88 558th 924 39.6%
2012 45.54 560th 930 39.8%
2013 43.76 562nd 928 39.4%
2014 39.45 616th 926 33.5%
2015 27.55 704th 914 23.0%
2016 30.84 692nd 932 25.8%
2017 43.60 575th 938 38.7%
2018 46.68 531st 934 43.1%
2019 36.56 637th 942 32.4%
2021 22.85 723rd 936 22.8%
2022 24.44 705th 932 24.4%
2023 32.28 635th 928 31.6%
2024 21.48 723rd 916 21.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.54 213th 886 76.0%
2019 62.28 268th 896 70.1%
2021 35.62 594th 894 33.6%
2022 37.42 594th 905 34.4%
2023 28.01 515th 703 26.7%
2024 24.45 584th 731 20.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.43 142nd 685 79.3%
2019 64.06 195th 700 72.1%
2021 39.95 430th 705 39.0%
2022 43.03 449th 772 41.8%
2023 53.62 338th 757 55.4%
2024 39.09 484th 760 36.3%
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Rank History for Female students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.19 541st 893 39.4%
2019 28.73 685th 902 24.1%
2021 22.06 704th 898 21.6%
2022 29.53 643rd 901 28.6%
2023 28.60 644th 887 27.4%
2024 19.11 737th 886 16.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.06 350th 656 46.6%
2019 73.46 121st 665 81.8%
2021 27.42 475th 632 24.8%
2022 24.68 546th 672 18.8%
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Rank History for Male students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.09 467th 898 48.0%
2019 46.14 514th 907 43.3%
2021 26.01 673rd 904 25.6%
2022 21.67 733rd 908 19.3%
2023 37.85 580th 896 35.3%
2024 26.31 665th 891 25.4%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 22.74 715th 925 22.7%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 41.34 209th 399 47.6%
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Rank History for African American students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.21 106th 174 39.1%
2021 43.46 81st 166 51.2%
2022 37.26 111th 173 35.8%
2023 47.14 86th 167 48.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.69 62nd 379 83.6%
2021 52.68 133rd 379 64.9%
2022 35.21 262nd 401 34.7%
2023 84.65 34th 420 91.9%
2024 60.10 119th 446 73.3%
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Rank History for White students at William Seach

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.75 474th 772 38.6%
2019 33.80 574th 780 26.4%
2021 14.11 696th 765 9.0%
2022 13.40 707th 764 7.5%
2023 18.97 665th 762 12.7%
2024 11.12 708th 753 6.0%
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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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Enrollment information for William Seach

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 349 7 5 14 0 n/a n/a 0 375
1989 372 13 7 8 0 n/a n/a 0 400
1990 379 12 7 7 0 n/a n/a 0 405
1991 451 12 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 472
1992 391 17 8 7 0 n/a n/a 0 423
1993 386 16 11 7 0 n/a n/a 0 420
1994 363 13 18 18 4 n/a n/a 0 416
1995 352 21 18 13 2 n/a n/a 0 406
1996 352 21 18 13 2 n/a n/a 0 406
1997 368 23 17 23 8 n/a n/a 0 439
1998 335 29 14 15 5 n/a n/a 0 398
1999 304 21 17 17 5 n/a n/a 0 364
2000 333 24 18 18 5 n/a n/a 0 398
2001 291 23 27 23 7 n/a n/a 0 371
2002 242 25 26 40 8 n/a n/a 0 341
2003 242 25 26 40 8 n/a n/a 0 341
2004 274 32 17 39 3 n/a n/a 0 365
2005 280 43 20 35 5 n/a n/a 0 383
2006 262 27 23 34 2 n/a n/a 16 364
2007 265 20 25 44 1 n/a n/a 21 376
2008 256 21 22 46 2 n/a n/a 23 370
2009 233 36 17 61 3 0 22 0 372
2010 222 29 19 63 1 0 20 0 354
2011 233 45 20 59 3 0 25 0 385
2012 204 45 20 64 2 0 24 0 359
2013 189 63 27 57 3 0 25 0 364
2014 199 62 23 60 3 0 28 0 375
2015 203 60 31 58 4 0 19 0 375
2016 200 64 36 57 3 0 21 0 381
2017 173 66 40 57 2 0 15 0 353
2018 154 64 30 52 1 0 17 0 318
2019 146 69 36 53 3 0 16 0 323
2020 127 52 36 69 0 0 22 0 306
2021 150 69 38 94 0 0 27 0 378
2022 140 68 37 92 1 0 33 0 371
2023 151 64 25 86 2 0 28 0 356

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 Seach

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 375 n/a n/a n/a
1989 400 n/a n/a n/a
1990 405 n/a n/a n/a
1991 472 n/a n/a n/a
1992 423 n/a n/a n/a
1993 420 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 416 n/a n/a n/a
1995 406 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 406 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 439 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 398 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 364 n/a 0.0 40.9
2000 398 n/a 0.0 39.7
2001 371 n/a 0.0 34.2
2002 341 n/a n/a 35.5
2003 341 n/a n/a 35.5
2004 365 32.4 11.3 32.3
2005 383 31.0 12.4 35.5
2006 364 31.0 11.7 37.9
2007 376 32.0 11.8 42.3
2008 370 26.7 13.9 45.5
2009 372 23.5 15.8 39.8
2010 354 25.4 13.9 50.6
2011 385 21.4 17.9 50.4
2012 359 21.4 16.7 57.7
2013 364 21.9 16.6 58.5
2014 375 22.7 16.4 63.5
2015 375 20.0 18.7 60.3
2016 381 24.0 15.8 n/a
2017 353 20.1 17.5 n/a
2018 318 16.7 18.9 n/a
2019 323 23.0 14.0 n/a
2020 306 23.5 13.0 n/a
2021 378 20.5 18.4 n/a
2022 371 30.6 12.1 n/a
2023 356 25.1 14.1 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 Seach

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 375 n/a n/a n/a
1989 400 n/a n/a n/a
1990 405 n/a n/a n/a
1991 472 n/a n/a n/a
1992 423 n/a n/a n/a
1993 420 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 416 n/a n/a n/a
1995 406 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 406 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 439 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 398 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 364 n/a 0.0 40.9
2000 398 n/a 0.0 39.7
2001 371 n/a 0.0 34.2
2002 341 n/a n/a 35.5
2003 341 n/a n/a 35.5
2004 365 32.4 11.3 32.3
2005 383 31.0 12.4 35.5
2006 364 31.0 11.7 37.9
2007 376 32.0 11.8 42.3
2008 370 26.7 13.9 45.5
2009 372 23.5 15.8 39.8
2010 354 25.4 13.9 50.6
2011 385 21.4 17.9 50.4
2012 359 21.4 16.7 57.7
2013 364 21.9 16.6 58.5
2014 375 22.7 16.4 63.5
2015 375 20.0 18.7 60.3
2016 381 24.0 15.8 n/a
2017 353 20.1 17.5 n/a
2018 318 16.7 18.9 n/a
2019 323 23.0 14.0 n/a
2020 306 23.5 13.0 n/a
2021 378 20.5 18.4 n/a
2022 371 30.6 12.1 n/a
2023 356 25.1 14.1 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 Seach

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $686 (4.8%) $13,566 (95.2%) $14,252
2020 $777 (5.1%) $14,586 (94.9%) $15,363
2021 $936 (6.0%) $14,722 (94.0%) $15,658

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

Impact of COVID-19 on William Seach

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 637th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 635th of 928 Elementary schools
 0.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (William Seach)5443.1
 10.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Weymouth)5847.6
 10.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (William Seach)4434.5
 9.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Weymouth)4948.8
 0.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (William Seach)5337.5
 15.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Weymouth)5842.9
 15.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (William Seach)2744.6
 17.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Weymouth)4754.2
 7.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
All Grades English Language Arts (William Seach)5335.5
 17.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Weymouth)4940.1
 8.9%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (William Seach)3531.5
 3.5%
   All Grades Mathematics (Weymouth)4337.6
 5.5%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students323356
 10.2%
African American6964
 7.2%
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian3625
 30.6%
Hispanic5386
 62.3%
Pacific Islander00
White146151
 3.4%
Two or More Races1628
 75%


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Frequently Asked Questions about William Seach

William Seach ranks in the bottom 21.1% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Students who attend William Seach usually go on to attend:

High : Weymouth High School

Students at William Seach are 42% White, 24% Hispanic, 18% African American, 8% Two or more races, 7% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 356 students attended William Seach.


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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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