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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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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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
468
Classroom Teachers
35

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.1% of MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

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

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
77%
53%
82%
56%
72%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
77%
51%
77%
52%
77%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
80%
50%
82%
52%
77%
48%
    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
13
14
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 15 3.2%
Kindergarten 77 16.5%
Grade 1 78 16.7%
Grade 2 75 16.0%
Grade 3 72 15.4%
Grade 4 72 15.4%
Grade 5 79 16.9%
Total 468 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.7% 95.7% 59.2%
Black 0.4% 0.5% 9.8%
Hispanic 0.7% 1.5% 23.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.2% 2.1% 7.6%
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 11,120 6,984,723
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 524.5 890
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.2% 5.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.4% 17.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.4% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.2% 27.0%
65 OR OLDER 14.8% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,519 2,629,963
Single Parent Households With Children 4.0% 9.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.4% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 66.4% 44.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 55.6% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.9% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.3% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.3% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.5% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.3% 9.9%
$15,000 or less 2.9% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,564 $23,156,288 57.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,445 $3,167,440 7.8%
Staff $812 $1,779,904 4.4%
General Administration $199 $436,208 1.1%
School Administration $927 $2,031,984 5.0%
Operation $1,324 $2,902,208 7.2%
Transportation $694 $1,521,248 3.8%
Other $390 $854,880 2.1%
Total Support $5,791 $12,693,872 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,146 $4,704,032 11.6%
Total Expenditures $18,501 $40,554,192 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,596 $10,569,374,598 52.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,484 $1,352,382,632 6.7%
Staff $951 $866,478,186 4.3%
General Administration $218 $198,784,787 1.0%
School Administration $880 $802,180,114 4.0%
Operation $1,620 $1,476,806,420 7.4%
Transportation $938 $854,571,701 4.3%
Other $322 $293,118,043 1.5%
Total Support $6,412 $5,844,290,100 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,034 $3,677,202,127 18.3%
Total Expenditures $22,042 $20,090,784,405 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%