📍 4107 Main Street, Palmer, Hampden County, 01069
Old Mill Pond is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Palmer, Hampden County. The school has 599 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Palmer school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Old Mill Pond enrolls 599 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 53 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 464 | 77% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 90 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 4.2% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Old Mill Pond is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-10, state senate district 8, state house district 102.
Old Mill Pond is one of 2 schools in Palmer, based in Palmer, Massachusetts. The district serves 1,093 students district-wide and employs 113 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 599 students, Old Mill Pond is close to the district average of about 547 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large