Benjamin Swan Elementary

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Benjamin Swan Elementary is a public elementary school in Springfield, MA that serves grades PK-5 with a student population of 405. The school is part of the Springfield school district, which is ranked 328 out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's high per-student spending and low student-teacher ratio, Benjamin Swan Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom half of Massachusetts elementary schools, with only 18.27% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 39.17% statewide. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and students with disabilities. However, the school stands out in its performance for African American and Hispanic students, who rank in the top quarter of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Nearby schools in the Springfield district, such as Kensington International School, White Street, and Frank H. Freedman, generally perform better than Benjamin Swan Elementary on academic measures, with one exception being Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School, which outperforms both the school and the district averages.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 680 Union Street
       Springfield, MA  01109


(413) 787-7526

District: Springfield

SchoolDigger Rank:
851st of 916 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,842 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  12.0 Help
Number of students:  499

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
68.3%
African American:
22.2%
Two or more races:
5.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  90.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Benjamin Swan Elementary ranks worse than 92.9% of elementary schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 28th among 32 ranked elementary schools in the Springfield School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.18. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (68.3%), African American (22.2%), two or more races (5.4%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Benjamin Swan Elementary is 12. 26 elementary schools in the Springfield School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Benjamin Swan Elementary is $18,842. 23 elementary schools in the Springfield School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Benjamin Swan Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Benjamin Swan Elementary 851st of 916 Massachusetts public elementary schools. (See Benjamin Swan Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Springfield:

SchoolDigger ranks Springfield 328th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Benjamin Swan Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 2.51 874th 884 1.1%
2004 2.85 870th 882 1.4%
2005 3.23 875th 887 1.4%
2006 5.24 884th 911 3.0%
2007 5.55 872nd 911 4.3%
2008 3.88 888th 908 2.2%
2009 2.77 895th 909 1.5%
2010 1.12 918th 920 0.2%
2011 8.23 868th 924 6.1%
2012 27.62 705th 930 24.2%
2013 23.30 751st 928 19.1%
2014 26.14 729th 926 21.3%
2015 21.07 755th 914 17.4%
2016 17.47 807th 932 13.4%
2017 26.75 722nd 938 23.0%
2018 21.16 773rd 934 17.2%
2019 20.67 786th 942 16.6%
2021 24.35 707th 936 24.5%
2022 32.80 632nd 932 32.2%
2023 17.95 768th 928 17.2%
2024 11.18 851st 916 7.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.55 208th 244 14.8%
2019 25.02 213th 258 17.4%
2023 63.21 38th 264 85.6%
2024 26.22 249th 282 11.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.14 463rd 886 47.7%
2019 41.67 549th 896 38.7%
2021 45.26 478th 894 46.5%
2022 59.41 307th 905 66.1%
2023 35.04 436th 703 38.0%
2024 36.86 445th 731 39.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.84 363rd 685 47.0%
2019 44.01 405th 700 42.1%
2021 52.05 312th 705 55.7%
2022 65.12 206th 772 73.3%
2023 40.26 472nd 757 37.6%
2024 26.38 623rd 760 18.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.11 727th 893 18.6%
2019 18.81 771st 902 14.5%
2021 18.71 725th 898 19.3%
2022 31.37 624th 901 30.7%
2023 18.77 739th 887 16.7%
2024 12.28 820th 886 7.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.31 392nd 656 40.2%
2019 26.50 516th 665 22.4%
2022 37.29 390th 672 42.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.44 723rd 898 19.5%
2019 24.62 730th 907 19.5%
2021 33.66 613th 904 32.2%
2022 35.24 602nd 908 33.7%
2023 19.77 733rd 896 18.2%
2024 11.89 824th 891 7.5%
See the entire list of Best Massachusetts Elementary Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for Tested In Person students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 28.08 677th 925 26.8%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 32.11 253rd 399 36.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.78 65th 174 62.6%
2019 53.73 68th 172 60.5%
2021 62.20 45th 166 72.9%
2022 75.32 24th 173 86.1%
2023 64.78 41st 167 75.4%
2024 39.30 106th 167 36.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Benjamin Swan Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.73 162nd 379 57.3%
2019 49.08 191st 398 52.0%
2021 62.73 85th 379 77.6%
2022 73.13 62nd 401 84.5%
2023 48.83 180th 420 57.1%
2024 33.83 303rd 446 32.1%
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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 Benjamin Swan Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 138 217 0 62 0 n/a n/a 0 417
1989 156 235 1 70 0 n/a n/a 0 462
1990 149 274 0 92 0 n/a n/a 0 515
1991 156 276 2 69 0 n/a n/a 0 503
1992 81 174 3 64 0 n/a n/a 0 322
1993 131 206 6 195 0 n/a n/a 0 538
1994 119 218 8 176 0 n/a n/a 0 521
1995 123 205 6 184 0 n/a n/a 0 518
1996 123 205 6 184 0 n/a n/a 0 518
1997 109 218 6 208 0 n/a n/a 0 541
1998 88 219 7 228 0 n/a n/a 0 542
1999 84 240 1 184 0 n/a n/a 0 509
2000 80 252 0 230 0 n/a n/a 0 562
2001 57 266 0 219 0 n/a n/a 0 542
2002 27 181 1 220 1 n/a n/a 0 430
2003 27 181 1 220 1 n/a n/a 0 430
2004 18 160 3 219 0 n/a n/a 0 400
2005 18 168 5 224 0 n/a n/a 0 415
2006 5 137 3 166 0 n/a n/a 32 343
2007 17 112 5 163 0 n/a n/a 29 326
2008 23 125 2 215 0 n/a n/a 24 389
2009 8 117 4 256 0 0 16 0 401
2010 12 116 5 257 0 0 21 0 411
2011 16 118 5 262 0 0 15 0 416
2012 19 102 7 278 1 0 11 0 418
2013 26 101 5 262 1 0 8 0 403
2014 27 127 6 270 0 0 7 0 437
2015 35 118 6 298 0 0 12 0 469
2016 37 95 5 279 0 0 6 0 422
2017 40 105 7 280 0 0 4 0 436
2018 34 119 6 278 0 0 7 0 444
2019 25 108 6 246 0 0 10 0 395
2020 21 102 3 269 0 0 12 0 407
2021 16 87 3 279 0 0 8 0 393
2022 13 85 4 248 1 0 18 0 369
2023 11 95 2 275 2 0 20 0 405
2024 15 111 4 341 1 0 27 0 499

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 Benjamin Swan Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 417 n/a n/a n/a
1989 462 n/a n/a n/a
1990 515 n/a n/a n/a
1991 503 n/a n/a n/a
1992 322 n/a n/a n/a
1993 538 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 521 n/a n/a n/a
1995 518 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 518 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 541 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 542 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 509 n/a 0.0 94.9
2000 562 n/a 0.0 82.4
2001 542 n/a 0.0 61.4
2002 430 n/a n/a 84.2
2003 430 n/a n/a 84.2
2004 400 44.5 9.0 91.8
2005 415 38.0 10.9 82.7
2006 343 38.5 8.9 98.7
2007 326 36.0 9.1 98
2008 389 35.4 11.0 99.7
2009 401 27.3 14.7 90.8
2010 411 32.2 12.7 90.5
2011 416 33.4 12.4 90.9
2012 418 39.3 10.6 95
2013 403 41.1 9.8 93.3
2014 437 40.5 10.7 95.4
2015 469 36.0 13.0 90.8
2016 422 32.0 13.1 n/a
2017 436 33.2 13.1 n/a
2018 444 27.0 16.4 n/a
2019 395 32.0 12.3 n/a
2020 407 32.0 12.7 n/a
2021 393 33.0 11.9 n/a
2022 369 37.0 9.9 n/a
2023 405 36.0 11.2 n/a
2024 499 41.4 12.0 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 Benjamin Swan Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 417 n/a n/a n/a
1989 462 n/a n/a n/a
1990 515 n/a n/a n/a
1991 503 n/a n/a n/a
1992 322 n/a n/a n/a
1993 538 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 521 n/a n/a n/a
1995 518 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 518 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 541 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 542 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 509 n/a 0.0 94.9
2000 562 n/a 0.0 82.4
2001 542 n/a 0.0 61.4
2002 430 n/a n/a 84.2
2003 430 n/a n/a 84.2
2004 400 44.5 9.0 91.8
2005 415 38.0 10.9 82.7
2006 343 38.5 8.9 98.7
2007 326 36.0 9.1 98
2008 389 35.4 11.0 99.7
2009 401 27.3 14.7 90.8
2010 411 32.2 12.7 90.5
2011 416 33.4 12.4 90.9
2012 418 39.3 10.6 95
2013 403 41.1 9.8 93.3
2014 437 40.5 10.7 95.4
2015 469 36.0 13.0 90.8
2016 422 32.0 13.1 n/a
2017 436 33.2 13.1 n/a
2018 444 27.0 16.4 n/a
2019 395 32.0 12.3 n/a
2020 407 32.0 12.7 n/a
2021 393 33.0 11.9 n/a
2022 369 37.0 9.9 n/a
2023 405 36.0 11.2 n/a
2024 499 41.4 12.0 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 Benjamin Swan Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,281 (7.9%) $14,836 (92.0%) $16,118
2020 $1,579 (9.4%) $15,270 (90.6%) $16,849
2021 $1,905 (10.1%) $16,936 (89.9%) $18,842

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Benjamin Swan Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 786th of 942 Elementary schoolsRanks 768th of 928 Elementary schools
 0.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Benjamin Swan Elementary)4028
 12%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)4125.6
 15.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5643.9
 12.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Benjamin Swan Elementary)2910
 19%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Springfield)3020.7
 9.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4941
 8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Benjamin Swan Elementary)3035.9
 5.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)3321
 12%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5239.7
 12.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Benjamin Swan Elementary)2026.4
 6.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)2822.9
 5.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4945
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Benjamin Swan Elementary)3920.6
 18.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)3727.6
 9.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Benjamin Swan Elementary)439.4
 33.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)3019.8
 10.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Benjamin Swan Elementary)3814.7
 23.3%
   5th Grade Science (Springfield)2923.8
 5.2%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
All Grades English Language Arts (Benjamin Swan Elementary)3629.2
 6.8%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Springfield)3021.9
 8.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Benjamin Swan Elementary)3116.3
 14.7%
   All Grades Mathematics (Springfield)2516.3
 8.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Benjamin Swan Elementary)3814.7
 23.3%
   All Grades Science (Springfield)2318.1
 4.9%
   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 Students395405
 2.5%
African American10895
 12%
American Indian02
Asian62
 66.7%
Hispanic246275
 11.8%
Pacific Islander00
White2511
 56%
Two or More Races1020
 100%


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