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Grace Farrar Cole School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
81 High Street
Norwell, MA 02061
Phone
(781) 659-8823
District
Norwell
County
PLYMOUTH COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
522
Classroom Teachers
35

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.5% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Grace Farrar Cole School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
70%
42%
67%
44%
72%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
66%
42%
66%
39%
66%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
67%
42%
70%
43%
64%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 23 4.4%
Kindergarten 68 13.0%
Grade 1 81 15.5%
Grade 2 94 18.0%
Grade 3 88 16.9%
Grade 4 87 16.7%
Grade 5 81 15.5%
Total 522 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.9% 95.2% 57.0%
Black 1.2% 0.6% 9.8%
Hispanic 1.4% 1.3% 25.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.5% 2.7% 7.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 11,281 7,001,399
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 539.0 892
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.9% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.1% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.2% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.8% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 15.0% 17.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,607 2,762,070
Single Parent Households With Children 5.3% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.9% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 65.9% 46.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 60.1% 32.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.3% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.8% 11.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 5.5% 12.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 3.9% 10.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.4% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 3.1% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,234 $24,457,000 57.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,646 $3,584,000 8.4%
Staff $871 $1,897,000 4.4%
General Administration $266 $578,000 1.4%
School Administration $928 $2,021,000 4.7%
Operation $1,445 $3,146,000 7.4%
Transportation $668 $1,455,000 3.4%
Other $390 $850,000 2.0%
Total Support $6,215 $13,531,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,164 $4,711,000 11.0%
Total Expenditures $19,614 $42,699,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,394 $11,443,766,000 50.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,755 $1,620,711,000 7.2%
Staff $987 $911,495,000 4.0%
General Administration $282 $260,824,000 1.2%
School Administration $1,021 $942,999,000 4.2%
Operation $1,731 $1,597,981,000 7.1%
Transportation $790 $729,683,000 3.2%
Other $544 $502,458,000 2.2%
Total Support $7,111 $6,566,151,000 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,910 $4,533,754,000 20.1%
Total Expenditures $24,415 $22,543,671,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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