Kelly Elementary

Summary:

Kelly Elementary is a public elementary school in Holyoke, Massachusetts, serving 325 students in grades PK-5. The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population, with over 90% of students identifying as Hispanic in recent years.

Despite the school's high per-student spending of around $17,600, Kelly Elementary consistently ranks among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Massachusetts, with statewide rankings between 912-940 out of around 940 schools in recent years. The school's performance on MCAS assessments is significantly below state and Holyoke district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 1.83% of Kelly Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 39.17% statewide and 8.29% in the Holyoke district. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 1-2% of Massachusetts elementary schools for Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities.

While Kelly Elementary struggles, some nearby schools in the Holyoke district, such as E.N. White Elementary and Morgan Full Service Community School, also perform poorly on state assessments, with proficiency rates well below state averages. This indicates that the challenges facing Kelly Elementary may be systemic issues within the Holyoke school district.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 216 West Street
       Holyoke, MA  01040


(413) 534-2078

District: Holyoke

SchoolDigger Rank:
914th of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,651 Help


Students who attend Kelly Elementary usually attend:

High:    Holyoke High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.4 Help
Number of students:  459

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
90.2%
White:
5.7%
African American:
3.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Kelly Elementary ranks worse than 99.8% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks last among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Holyoke School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 2.82. (See more...)
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Compare Details Kelly Elementary is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2021 the calculated Average Standard Score was 5.53. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Kelly Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Holyoke School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (90.2%), White (5.7%), African American (3.5%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kelly Elementary is 12.4, which is the highest among 6 elementary schools in the Holyoke School District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kelly Elementary is $17,651, which is the lowest among 6 elementary schools in the Holyoke School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kelly Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Kelly Elementary 914th of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Kelly Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Holyoke:

SchoolDigger ranks Holyoke 351st of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Kelly Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Kelly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 3.28 864th 884 2.3%
2004 2.43 872nd 882 1.1%
2005 2.67 881st 887 0.7%
2006 1.34 911th 911 0.0%
2007 1.43 905th 911 0.7%
2008 3.50 892nd 908 1.8%
2009 1.28 904th 909 0.6%
2010 3.19 904th 920 1.7%
2011 1.28 920th 924 0.4%
2012 1.72 921st 930 1.0%
2013 2.94 913th 928 1.6%
2014 2.09 916th 926 1.1%
2015 1.17 912th 914 0.2%
2016 1.78 928th 932 0.4%
2017 1.60 935th 938 0.3%
2018 1.14 934th 934 0.0%
2019 0.74 940th 942 0.2%
2021 3.59 936th 936 0.0%
2022 2.05 932nd 932 0.0%
2023 4.02 922nd 928 0.6%
2024 2.82 914th 916 0.2%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Kelly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.61 237th 244 2.9%
2019 13.92 257th 258 0.4%
2023 17.00 261st 264 1.1%
2024 29.30 228th 282 19.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Kelly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 3.28 886th 886 0.0%
2019 2.20 894th 896 0.2%
2021 5.98 894th 894 0.0%
2022 3.23 905th 905 0.0%
2023 23.24 588th 703 16.4%
2024 16.30 696th 731 4.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Kelly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 3.93 685th 685 0.0%
2019 2.82 698th 700 0.3%
2021 6.18 705th 705 0.0%
2022 4.03 772nd 772 0.0%
2023 9.00 748th 757 1.2%
2024 5.58 759th 760 0.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Kelly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.52 891st 893 0.2%
2019 1.07 902nd 902 0.0%
2021 3.83 898th 898 0.0%
2022 2.73 901st 901 0.0%
2023 3.99 885th 887 0.2%
2024 3.69 885th 886 0.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Kelly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 10.56 665th 665 0.0%
2022 14.01 671st 672 0.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Kelly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.67 896th 898 0.2%
2019 0.95 907th 907 0.0%
2021 4.56 902nd 904 0.2%
2022 2.52 908th 908 0.0%
2023 5.78 882nd 896 1.6%
2024 3.28 890th 891 0.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Tested In Person students at Kelly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 3.23 925th 925 0.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Tested Remotely students at Kelly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 11.84 389th 399 2.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Kelly Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 6.35 379th 379 0.0%
2019 4.02 398th 398 0.0%
2021 12.23 375th 379 1.1%
2022 7.22 401st 401 0.0%
2023 14.73 410th 420 2.4%
2024 10.26 444th 446 0.4%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Kelly Elementary

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 3.14 342nd 344 0.6%
2005 4.34 347th 356 2.5%
2006 2.15 395th 399 1.0%
2007 1.65 398th 399 0.3%
2008 1.32 405th 407 0.5%
2009 1.02 407th 409 0.5%
2010 2.39 428th 434 1.4%
2011 3.72 437th 449 2.7%
2012 4.50 437th 455 4.0%
2013 11.28 407th 455 10.5%
2014 4.39 436th 455 4.2%
2015 4.64 428th 441 2.9%
2016 6.42 462nd 482 4.1%
2017 4.54 471st 487 3.3%
2018 2.80 481st 484 0.6%
2019 4.22 481st 498 3.4%
2021 5.53 495th 501 1.2%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Kelly Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 210 34 9 319 0 n/a n/a 0 572
1989 238 28 10 376 0 n/a n/a 0 652
1990 214 22 13 369 0 n/a n/a 0 618
1991 147 30 10 351 0 n/a n/a 0 538
1992 121 22 8 364 0 n/a n/a 0 515
1993 127 19 0 389 0 n/a n/a 0 535
1994 115 36 5 395 0 n/a n/a 0 551
1995 80 36 2 371 0 n/a n/a 0 489
1996 80 36 2 371 0 n/a n/a 0 489
1997 122 31 0 414 1 n/a n/a 0 568
1998 123 34 4 468 0 n/a n/a 0 629
1999 98 22 1 428 0 n/a n/a 0 549
2000 84 13 5 441 0 n/a n/a 0 543
2001 87 12 7 390 0 n/a n/a 0 496
2002 66 17 4 404 0 n/a n/a 0 491
2003 66 17 4 404 0 n/a n/a 0 491
2004 74 25 4 507 0 n/a n/a 0 610
2005 71 21 4 504 0 n/a n/a 0 600
2006 26 12 0 475 0 n/a n/a 0 513
2007 21 10 0 427 0 n/a n/a 1 459
2008 22 13 0 416 0 n/a n/a 1 452
2009 28 20 2 559 0 0 4 0 613
2010 21 9 3 553 0 0 1 0 587
2011 13 8 3 549 0 0 0 0 573
2012 13 4 2 541 0 0 0 0 560
2013 9 6 4 545 0 0 1 0 565
2014 10 5 7 569 0 0 2 0 593
2015 15 4 6 559 0 0 2 0 586
2016 13 5 4 543 0 0 3 0 568
2017 18 5 4 514 0 0 3 0 544
2018 17 6 1 535 0 0 3 0 562
2019 19 6 0 444 0 0 4 0 473
2020 9 8 0 385 0 2 2 0 406
2021 7 10 0 318 0 0 1 0 336
2022 13 11 0 277 0 0 2 0 303
2023 12 15 0 295 0 0 3 0 325
2024 26 16 0 414 0 0 3 0 459

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 Kelly Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 572 n/a n/a n/a
1989 652 n/a n/a n/a
1990 618 n/a n/a n/a
1991 538 n/a n/a n/a
1992 515 n/a n/a n/a
1993 535 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 551 n/a n/a n/a
1995 489 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 489 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 568 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 629 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 549 n/a 0.0 87.4
2000 543 n/a 0.0 91
2001 496 n/a 0.0 88.9
2002 491 n/a n/a 77.6
2003 491 n/a n/a 77.6
2004 610 54.3 11.2 91.6
2005 600 51.0 11.8 88.3
2006 513 51.4 10.0 96.5
2007 459 52.0 8.8 85.8
2008 452 53.5 8.4 98.2
2009 613 50.9 12.0 92.8
2010 587 55.9 10.5 90.1
2011 573 46.3 12.3 97.2
2012 560 50.3 11.1 98.6
2013 565 50.9 11.0 96.8
2014 593 54.3 10.9 97.6
2015 586 44.0 13.3 100
2016 568 42.0 13.5 n/a
2017 544 41.0 13.2 n/a
2018 562 36.6 15.3 n/a
2019 473 31.9 14.7 n/a
2020 406 29.7 13.6 n/a
2021 336 27.2 12.3 n/a
2022 303 22.0 13.7 n/a
2023 325 29.7 10.9 n/a
2024 459 37.0 12.4 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 Kelly Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 572 n/a n/a n/a
1989 652 n/a n/a n/a
1990 618 n/a n/a n/a
1991 538 n/a n/a n/a
1992 515 n/a n/a n/a
1993 535 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 551 n/a n/a n/a
1995 489 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 489 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 568 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 629 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 549 n/a 0.0 87.4
2000 543 n/a 0.0 91
2001 496 n/a 0.0 88.9
2002 491 n/a n/a 77.6
2003 491 n/a n/a 77.6
2004 610 54.3 11.2 91.6
2005 600 51.0 11.8 88.3
2006 513 51.4 10.0 96.5
2007 459 52.0 8.8 85.8
2008 452 53.5 8.4 98.2
2009 613 50.9 12.0 92.8
2010 587 55.9 10.5 90.1
2011 573 46.3 12.3 97.2
2012 560 50.3 11.1 98.6
2013 565 50.9 11.0 96.8
2014 593 54.3 10.9 97.6
2015 586 44.0 13.3 100
2016 568 42.0 13.5 n/a
2017 544 41.0 13.2 n/a
2018 562 36.6 15.3 n/a
2019 473 31.9 14.7 n/a
2020 406 29.7 13.6 n/a
2021 336 27.2 12.3 n/a
2022 303 22.0 13.7 n/a
2023 325 29.7 10.9 n/a
2024 459 37.0 12.4 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 Kelly Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,792 (15.9%) $14,820 (84.1%) $17,613
2020 $2,263 (12.9%) $15,270 (87.1%) $17,534
2021 $2,564 (14.5%) $15,087 (85.5%) $17,651

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Kelly Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 940th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 922nd of 928 Elementary schools
 0.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Kelly Elementary)32.1
 0.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Holyoke)2313.6
 9.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Kelly Elementary)22
 0%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Holyoke)1410.9
 3.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Kelly Elementary)24.4
 2.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Holyoke)157.4
 7.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Kelly Elementary)20
 2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Holyoke)167.1
 8.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Kelly Elementary)106.3
 3.7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Holyoke)189.4
 8.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Kelly Elementary)32.8
 0.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Holyoke)126.2
 5.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Kelly Elementary)612.8
 6.8%
   All Grades Science (Holyoke)147.4
 6.6%
   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 Students473325
 31.3%
African American615
 150%
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic444295
 33.6%
Pacific Islander00
White1912
 36.8%
Two or More Races43
 25%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 459 students attended Kelly Elementary.

Students at Kelly Elementary are 90% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% African American.

Students who attend Kelly Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Holyoke High

Kelly Elementary ranks in the bottom 0.2% of Massachusetts elementary schools.


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