Gates Lane

Summary:

Gates Lane is an elementary school in Worcester, MA that serves 544 students in grades PK-6. The school is part of the Worcester school district, which is ranked 308 out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Gates Lane consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Massachusetts elementary schools, with MCAS proficiency rates significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 18.72% of Gates Lane students were proficient or better in ELA compared to 39.17% statewide, and 22.98% were proficient in math compared to 40.91% statewide. The school also struggles to effectively serve its diverse student population, with large performance gaps between student subgroups.

When comparing Gates Lane to other elementary schools in the Worcester district, the performance gap is quite significant. For instance, Heard Street Elementary, located just 0.8 miles away, outperforms Gates Lane by over 20 percentage points in ELA and math proficiency rates. Despite spending more per student than the state average, Gates Lane's academic outcomes lag behind, raising questions about the school's resource allocation and effectiveness in supporting student learning.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

 1238 Main Street
       Worcester, MA  01603


(508) 799-3488

District: Worcester

SchoolDigger Rank:
755th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,819 Help


Students who attend Gates Lane usually attend:

Middle:    Sullivan Middle
High:    South High Community
    University Pk Campus School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.4 Help
Number of students:  547

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
41.9%
White:
23.9%
Asian:
13.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  72.4% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Gates Lane ranks worse than 82.4% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 17th among 32 ranked elementary schools in the Worcester School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.83. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Gates Lane is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (41.9%), White (23.9%), Asian (13.5%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gates Lane is 11.4, which is the 14th best among 32 elementary schools in the Worcester School District. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gates Lane is $18,819, which is the 6th highest among 32 elementary schools in the Worcester School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gates Lane:

SchoolDigger ranks Gates Lane 755th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Gates Lane in the ranking list.)

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White students:


Worcester:

SchoolDigger ranks Worcester 308th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Gates Lane

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Rank History for all students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 18.92 736th 884 16.7%
2004 10.42 798th 882 9.5%
2005 17.43 752nd 887 15.2%
2006 14.11 808th 911 11.3%
2007 16.97 787th 911 13.6%
2008 13.56 807th 908 11.1%
2009 15.02 800th 909 12.0%
2010 22.51 755th 920 17.9%
2011 23.17 751st 924 18.7%
2012 18.82 766th 930 17.6%
2013 25.70 733rd 928 21.0%
2014 13.93 830th 926 10.4%
2015 10.80 852nd 914 6.8%
2016 16.55 815th 932 12.6%
2017 14.01 838th 938 10.7%
2018 15.00 831st 934 11.0%
2019 13.09 855th 942 9.2%
2021 12.45 832nd 936 11.1%
2022 19.37 761st 932 18.3%
2023 22.03 727th 928 21.7%
2024 18.83 755th 916 17.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.19 135th 244 44.7%
2019 33.37 169th 258 34.5%
2021 37.74 138th 240 42.5%
2022 51.86 78th 267 70.8%
2023 59.98 48th 264 81.8%
2024 46.64 114th 282 59.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.23 670th 886 24.4%
2019 29.37 707th 896 21.1%
2021 22.45 758th 894 15.2%
2022 34.60 619th 905 31.6%
2023 20.14 638th 703 9.2%
2024 23.39 592nd 731 19.0%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Special Education Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.55 583rd 685 14.9%
2019 31.07 531st 700 24.1%
2021 27.00 565th 705 19.9%
2022 37.92 504th 772 34.7%
2023 43.36 435th 757 42.5%
2024 31.68 573rd 760 24.6%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.65 756th 893 15.3%
2019 12.75 831st 902 7.9%
2021 16.54 753rd 898 16.1%
2022 29.66 638th 901 29.2%
2023 31.10 619th 887 30.2%
2024 29.08 628th 886 29.1%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.19 493rd 656 24.8%
2019 21.76 577th 665 13.2%
2021 23.00 526th 632 16.8%
2022 26.33 522nd 672 22.3%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Disabled Students!

Rank History for Male students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.41 798th 898 11.1%
2019 16.27 801st 907 11.7%
2021 11.76 827th 904 8.5%
2022 15.61 791st 908 12.9%
2023 17.50 759th 896 15.3%
2024 14.00 796th 891 10.7%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for Tested In Person students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 17.46 763rd 925 17.5%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 21.25 322nd 399 19.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.79 127th 154 17.5%
2019 27.38 122nd 155 21.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.10 102nd 174 41.4%
2019 9.73 171st 172 0.6%
2021 32.26 119th 166 28.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.00 307th 379 19.0%
2019 39.32 251st 398 36.9%
2021 35.00 241st 379 36.4%
2022 48.46 159th 401 60.3%
2023 42.92 230th 420 45.2%
2024 34.90 296th 446 33.6%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Gates Lane

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.65 735th 772 4.8%
2019 8.61 750th 780 3.8%
2021 5.97 748th 765 2.2%
2022 11.41 716th 764 6.3%
2023 9.63 721st 762 5.4%
2024 9.09 722nd 753 4.1%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for White Students!

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 Gates Lane

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 406 7 10 7 0 n/a n/a 0 430
1989 385 5 14 12 0 n/a n/a 0 416
1990 369 15 14 47 1 n/a n/a 0 446
1991 348 16 15 59 0 n/a n/a 0 438
1992 332 15 17 50 0 n/a n/a 0 414
1993 223 19 23 72 0 n/a n/a 0 337
1994 184 13 31 42 0 n/a n/a 0 270
1995 184 28 30 59 3 n/a n/a 0 304
1996 184 28 30 59 3 n/a n/a 0 304
1997 348 49 47 88 5 n/a n/a 0 537
1998 406 54 44 109 7 n/a n/a 0 620
1999 377 49 53 111 6 n/a n/a 0 596
2000 410 59 63 133 0 n/a n/a 0 665
2001 433 76 71 148 4 n/a n/a 0 732
2002 394 66 74 139 7 n/a n/a 0 680
2003 394 66 74 139 7 n/a n/a 0 680
2004 378 68 84 146 6 n/a n/a 0 682
2005 341 83 73 145 9 n/a n/a 0 651
2006 312 96 76 136 8 n/a n/a 12 640
2007 335 97 97 142 8 n/a n/a 15 694
2008 311 101 99 153 6 n/a n/a 24 694
2009 316 112 89 160 4 0 32 0 713
2010 290 107 92 166 2 0 37 0 694
2011 269 113 94 184 1 0 40 0 701
2012 266 107 104 209 0 0 41 0 727
2013 239 98 103 197 0 0 40 0 677
2014 216 100 103 201 0 0 35 0 655
2015 219 98 99 230 0 0 35 0 681
2016 212 87 78 236 1 0 33 0 647
2017 175 89 78 221 2 0 31 0 596
2018 156 98 70 214 2 0 29 0 569
2019 154 87 70 206 6 0 30 0 553
2020 156 88 72 215 1 0 29 0 561
2021 137 84 68 199 1 0 27 0 516
2022 144 81 63 196 1 0 30 0 515
2023 145 75 75 213 1 0 35 0 544
2024 131 72 74 229 1 2 38 0 547

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 Gates Lane

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 430 n/a n/a n/a
1989 416 n/a n/a n/a
1990 446 n/a n/a n/a
1991 438 n/a n/a n/a
1992 414 n/a n/a n/a
1993 337 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 270 n/a n/a n/a
1995 304 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 304 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 537 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 620 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 596 n/a 0.0 91.4
2000 665 n/a 0.0 51.9
2001 732 n/a 0.0 45.9
2002 680 n/a n/a 51.2
2003 680 n/a n/a 51.2
2004 682 57.5 11.9 47.5
2005 651 47.6 13.7 53.5
2006 640 46.4 13.8 54.3
2007 694 53.0 13.1 52.9
2008 694 48.1 14.4 58.2
2009 713 48.7 14.6 60
2010 694 46.4 14.9 64
2011 701 43.1 16.2 63.3
2012 727 43.6 16.6 67.5
2013 677 43.6 15.5 70
2014 655 32.8 19.9 72.8
2015 681 49.0 13.8 72.4
2016 647 42.0 15.4 n/a
2017 596 43.2 13.7 n/a
2018 569 39.9 14.2 n/a
2019 553 41.0 13.4 n/a
2020 561 42.5 13.2 n/a
2021 516 40.0 12.9 n/a
2022 515 41.9 12.2 n/a
2023 544 46.0 11.8 n/a
2024 547 47.6 11.4 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 Gates Lane

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 430 n/a n/a n/a
1989 416 n/a n/a n/a
1990 446 n/a n/a n/a
1991 438 n/a n/a n/a
1992 414 n/a n/a n/a
1993 337 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 270 n/a n/a n/a
1995 304 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 304 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 537 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 620 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 596 n/a 0.0 91.4
2000 665 n/a 0.0 51.9
2001 732 n/a 0.0 45.9
2002 680 n/a n/a 51.2
2003 680 n/a n/a 51.2
2004 682 57.5 11.9 47.5
2005 651 47.6 13.7 53.5
2006 640 46.4 13.8 54.3
2007 694 53.0 13.1 52.9
2008 694 48.1 14.4 58.2
2009 713 48.7 14.6 60
2010 694 46.4 14.9 64
2011 701 43.1 16.2 63.3
2012 727 43.6 16.6 67.5
2013 677 43.6 15.5 70
2014 655 32.8 19.9 72.8
2015 681 49.0 13.8 72.4
2016 647 42.0 15.4 n/a
2017 596 43.2 13.7 n/a
2018 569 39.9 14.2 n/a
2019 553 41.0 13.4 n/a
2020 561 42.5 13.2 n/a
2021 516 40.0 12.9 n/a
2022 515 41.9 12.2 n/a
2023 544 46.0 11.8 n/a
2024 547 47.6 11.4 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 Gates Lane

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,140 (12.6%) $14,798 (87.4%) $16,938
2020 $2,080 (11.8%) $15,563 (88.2%) $17,643
2021 $2,681 (14.2%) $16,138 (85.8%) $18,819

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Gates Lane

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 855th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 727th of 928 Elementary schools
 12.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Gates Lane)3025.4
 4.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Worcester)3824.8
 13.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Gates Lane)2322.4
 0.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Worcester)3026.3
 3.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Gates Lane)2922.9
 6.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Worcester)3722.6
 14.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Gates Lane)2916.7
 12.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Worcester)3224.2
 7.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Gates Lane)3536.9
 1.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Worcester)3931.9
 7.1%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Gates Lane)2627.3
 1.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Worcester)3326.9
 6.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Gates Lane)3019.7
 10.3%
   5th Grade Science (Worcester)3125.7
 5.3%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Gates Lane)3735.3
 1.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Worcester)4532.2
 12.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Gates Lane)2119.6
 1.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Worcester)4329
 14%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
All Grades English Language Arts (Gates Lane)3230.3
 1.7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Worcester)3726.9
 10.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Gates Lane)2622
 4%
   All Grades Mathematics (Worcester)3124.1
 6.9%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Gates Lane)3019.7
 10.3%
   All Grades Science (Worcester)2724.7
 2.3%
   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 Students553544
 1.6%
African American8775
 13.8%
American Indian61
 83.3%
Asian7075
 7.1%
Hispanic206213
 3.4%
Pacific Islander00
White154145
 5.8%
Two or More Races3035
 16.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Gates Lane

Gates Lane ranks in the bottom 17.6% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Students at Gates Lane are 42% Hispanic, 24% White, 14% Asian, 13% African American, 7% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 547 students attended Gates Lane.

Students who attend Gates Lane usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sullivan Middle
High : South High Community
High : University Pk Campus School


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