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Francis T Bresnahan Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 3

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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
333 High Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
Phone
(978) 465-4431
District
NEWBURYPORT
County
ESSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
605
Classroom Teachers
55

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

9

(10 is best)

Better than 82.5% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Francis T Bresnahan Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
60%
42%
62%
44%
57%
41%
60%
42%
62%
44%
57%
41%
    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
11
11
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 64 10.6%
Kindergarten 115 19.0%
Grade 1 130 21.5%
Grade 2 154 25.5%
Grade 3 142 23.5%
Total 605 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.3% 92.7% 58.3%
Black 0.3% 0.9% 9.8%
Hispanic 6.0% 4.9% 24.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.4% 1.5% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 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 18,282 6,981,974
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,094.2 889
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.7% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.1% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.3% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 20.8% 17.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,537 2,740,995
Single Parent Households With Children 5.2% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.5% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 64.4% 45.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 41.3% 30.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.4% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.0% 11.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.5% 12.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.2% 10.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.0% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 5.6% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,376 $27,994,512 55.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,473 $3,331,926 6.6%
Staff $911 $2,060,682 4.1%
General Administration $254 $574,548 1.1%
School Administration $874 $1,976,988 3.9%
Operation $1,637 $3,702,894 7.4%
Transportation $663 $1,499,706 3.0%
Other $530 $1,198,860 2.4%
Total Support $6,341 $14,343,342 28.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,441 $7,783,542 15.5%
Total Expenditures $22,158 $50,121,396 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,021 $10,957,524,359 51.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,684 $1,534,703,819 7.2%
Staff $914 $833,015,705 3.9%
General Administration $276 $251,849,785 1.2%
School Administration $979 $892,630,457 4.2%
Operation $1,659 $1,511,998,563 7.1%
Transportation $848 $773,223,628 3.6%
Other $478 $436,154,533 2.1%
Total Support $6,839 $6,233,540,894 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,416 $4,024,919,077 19.0%
Total Expenditures $23,275 $21,215,885,470 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%