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James Fitzgerald Elementary School in Waltham, MA



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140 BEAL RD
Waltham, MA 2453


County name: MIDDLESEX
School type: Regular School
Grade span: Kindergarten - 5th grade
Status: Operational
Phone: (781) 314-5685 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.380
Longitude: -071.209530

2007 Student Enrollment: 282
Kindergarten Enrollment : 62
1st grade Enrollment : 49
2nd grade Enrollment : 51
3rd grade Enrollment : 40
4th grade Enrollment : 42
5th grade Enrollment : 38


Male students (%): 50.7%
Here:  50.7%
State average from 3564 schools:  51.7%

Female students (%): 49.3%
Here:  49.3%
State average from 3564 schools:  48.3%


White students (%): 57.1%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  57.1%
State average from 3564 schools:  71.0%

African American students (%): 6.0%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  6.0%
State average from 3564 schools:  8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 25.9%
This school:  25.9%
State average from 3564 schools:  13.2%

Asian students (%): 6.7%
Here:  6.7%
State average from 3564 schools:  4.5%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 4.3%
Here:  4.3%
State average from 3564 schools:  1.9%



First Language Not English # : 90
Limited English Proficient # : 49
Special Education # : 33
Low-Income # : 88
Free Lunch # : 70
Reduced Lunch # : 18


First Language Not English %: 31.9%
Here:  31.9%
State average from 1653 schools:  15.3%

Limited English Proficient %: 17.4%
Here:  17.4%
State average from 1385 schools:  7.6%

Special Education %: 11.7%
Here:  11.7%
State average from 1778 schools:  16.4%

Low-Income %: 31.2%
Here:  31.2%
State average from 1776 schools:  31.2%

Free Lunch %: 24.8%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  24.8%
State average from 1774 schools:  25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 6.4%
Here:  6.4%
State average from 1719 schools:  6.0%




2006 Student Enrollment: 282
Kindergarten Enrollment : 37
1st grade Enrollment : 45
2nd grade Enrollment : 38
3rd grade Enrollment : 42
4th grade Enrollment : 41
5th grade Enrollment : 43


Male students (%): 49.6%
This school:  49.6%
State average from 1781 schools:  51.7%

Female students (%): 50.4%
Here:  50.4%
State average from 1781 schools:  48.3%


White students (%): 66.7%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  66.7%
State average from 1781 schools:  71.8%

African American students (%): 6.9%
Here:  6.9%
State average from 1781 schools:  9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 15.0%
Here:  15.0%
State average from 1781 schools:  12.7%

Asian students (%): 6.5%
Here:  6.5%
State average from 1781 schools:  4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.40%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  0.40%
State average from 1781 schools:  0.31%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 4.5%
Here:  4.5%
State average from 1781 schools:  1.6%



First Language Not English # : 48
Limited English Proficient # : 7
Special Education # : 31
Low-Income # : 43


First Language Not English %: 19.5%
Here:  19.5%
State average from 1633 schools:  14.8%

Limited English Proficient %: 2.8%
Here:  2.8%
State average from 1328 schools:  7.4%

Special Education %: 12.6%
Here:  12.6%
State average from 1780 schools:  15.9%

Low-Income %: 17.5%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  17.5%
State average from 1771 schools:  30.5%




2005 Student Enrollment: 282
Kindergarten Enrollment : 42
1st grade Enrollment : 34
2nd grade Enrollment : 39
3rd grade Enrollment : 38
4th grade Enrollment : 38
5th grade Enrollment : 45


White students (%): 79.7%
Here:  79.7%
State average from 1746 schools:  74.4%

African American students (%): 3.8%
Here:  3.8%
State average from 1746 schools:  9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 9.3%
Here:  9.3%
State average from 1746 schools:  11.2%

Asian students (%): 6.4%
Here:  6.4%
State average from 1746 schools:  4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.80%
Here:  0.80%
State average from 1746 schools:  0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 51.7%
This school:  51.7%
State average from 1746 schools:  51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 48.3%
Here:  48.3%
State average from 1746 schools:  48.3%



First Language Not English # : 33
Limited English Proficient # : 2
Special Education # : 24
Low-Income # : 31


First Language Not English %: 14.0%
Here:  14.0%
State average from 1573 schools:  14.2%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.8%
Here:  0.8%
State average from 1217 schools:  7.4%

Special Education %: 10.2%
Here:  10.2%
State average from 1745 schools:  15.4%

Low-Income %: 13.1%
Here:  13.1%
State average from 1735 schools:  29.2%




2004 Student Enrollment: 282
Kindergarten Enrollment : 36
1st grade Enrollment : 43
2nd grade Enrollment : 37
3rd grade Enrollment : 35
4th grade Enrollment : 46
5th grade Enrollment : 40


White students (%): 84.0%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  84.0%
State average from 1729 schools:  75.1%

African American students (%): 3.0%
Here:  3.0%
State average from 1729 schools:  9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 7.2%
Here:  7.2%
State average from 1729 schools:  10.7%

Asian students (%): 5.5%
Here:  5.5%
State average from 1729 schools:  4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.40%
Here:  0.40%
State average from 1729 schools:  0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 52.7%
Here:  52.7%
State average from 1729 schools:  51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 47.3%
Here:  47.3%
State average from 1729 schools:  48.1%



First Language Not English # : 32
Special Education # : 20
Low-Income # : 12


First Language Not English %: 13.5%
Here:  13.5%
State average from 1530 schools:  13.9%

Special Education %: 8.4%
Here:  8.4%
State average from 1725 schools:  15.0%

Low-Income %: 5.1%
Here:  5.1%
State average from 1698 schools:  28.9%




2003 Student Enrollment: 282
Kindergarten Enrollment : 45
1st grade Enrollment : 47
2nd grade Enrollment : 42
3rd grade Enrollment : 48
4th grade Enrollment : 41
5th grade Enrollment : 34


White students (%): 86.8%
Here:  86.8%
State average from 1634 schools:  75.8%

African American students (%): 2.7%
Here:  2.7%
State average from 1634 schools:  9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 5.4%
Here:  5.4%
State average from 1634 schools:  10.4%

Asian students (%): 4.7%
Here:  4.7%
State average from 1634 schools:  4.3%

Native American students (%): 0.40%
This school:  0.40%
State average from 1634 schools:  0.36%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 54.1%
Here:  54.1%
State average from 1634 schools:  51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 45.9%
Here:  45.9%
State average from 1634 schools:  48.2%



First Language Not English # : 36
Limited English Proficient # : 5
Low-Income # : 19


First Language Not English %: 14.0%
Here:  14.0%
State average from 1462 schools:  14.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 1.9%
Here:  1.9%
State average from 950 schools:  8.4%

Low-Income %: 7.4%
Here:  7.4%
State average from 1608 schools:  27.9%




2002 Student Enrollment: 282
1st grade Enrollment : 45
2nd grade Enrollment : 40
3rd grade Enrollment : 46
4th grade Enrollment : 44
5th grade Enrollment : 37
6th grade Enrollment : 39


White students (%): 86.1%
This school:  86.1%
State average from 1682 schools:  76.8%

African American students (%): 4.4%
This school:  4.4%
State average from 1682 schools:  8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 5.2%
Here:  5.2%
State average from 1682 schools:  9.9%

Asian students (%): 4.0%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  4.0%
State average from 1682 schools:  4.2%

Native American students (%): 0.40%
Here:  0.40%
State average from 1682 schools:  0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 55.4%
Here:  55.4%
State average from 1682 schools:  51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 44.6%
Here:  44.6%
State average from 1682 schools:  48.3%



First Language Not English # : 32
Limited English Proficient # : 3
Low-Income # : 22


First Language Not English %: 12.7%
Here:  12.7%
State average from 1452 schools:  13.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 1.2%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  1.2%
State average from 887 schools:  7.9%

Low-Income %: 8.8%
Here:  8.8%
State average from 1613 schools:  27.4%




2001 Student Enrollment: 282
1st grade Enrollment : 42
2nd grade Enrollment : 49
3rd grade Enrollment : 44
4th grade Enrollment : 38
5th grade Enrollment : 42
6th grade Enrollment : 56


White students (%): 87.8%
Here:  87.8%
State average from 1664 schools:  77.2%

African American students (%): 4.4%
Here:  4.4%
State average from 1664 schools:  8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 3.7%
Here:  3.7%
State average from 1664 schools:  9.6%

Asian students (%): 3.7%
Here:  3.7%
State average from 1664 schools:  4.1%

Native American students (%): 0.40%
This school:  0.40%
State average from 1664 schools:  0.32%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 51.7%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  51.7%
State average from 1664 schools:  51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 48.3%
Here:  48.3%
State average from 1664 schools:  48.4%



First Language Not English # : 9
Limited English Proficient # : 1
Low-Income # : 24


First Language Not English %: 3.3%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  3.3%
State average from 1347 schools:  14.1%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.4%
This school:  0.4%
State average from 834 schools:  7.7%

Low-Income %: 8.9%
Here:  8.9%
State average from 1635 schools:  26.3%




2007 Attendance statistics:

Average number of Absences: 7.2
This school:  7.2
State average from 1782 schools:  8.8

Attendance Rate: 95.8%
Here:  95.8%
State average from 1782 schools:  94.8%





2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 7.6

In-School Suspensions Rate: 95.5%
Here:  95.5%
State average from 1781 schools:  94.8%





2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 8.1

In-School Suspensions Rate: 95.3%
Here:  95.3%
State average from 1746 schools:  94.8%





2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 6.7

In-School Suspensions Rate: 96.0%
This school:  96.0%
State average from 1729 schools:  94.7%





2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 7.9
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 4

In-School Suspensions Rate: 95.5%
Here:  95.5%
State average from 1635 schools:  94.4%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 1.6%
This school:  1.6%
State average from 742 schools:  6.8%







2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 24
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 21

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%
Here:  100.0%
State average from 1782 schools:  95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 95.2%
Here:  95.2%
State average from 1781 schools:  95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 11.9
This school:  11.9
State average from 1782 schools:  10.0



2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 19
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 17

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 97.4%
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  97.4%
State average from 1781 schools:  94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 98.9%
Here:  98.9%
State average from 1781 schools:  94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.8
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  12.8
State average from 1781 schools:  13.4



2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 19
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 16

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%
Here:  100.0%
State average from 1745 schools:  94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%
Here:  100.0%
State average from 1733 schools:  93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.4
James Fitzgerald Elementary School:  12.4
State average from 1746 schools:  13.6



2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 19
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 17

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%
Here:  100.0%
State average from 1728 schools:  94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%
Here:  100.0%
State average from 1724 schools:  94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 12.7
This school:  12.7
State average from 1729 schools:  13.8






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