The top reported proficiency rate is 48% in Math. The lowest is 45% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Laliberte Elementary School
Laliberte Elementary School serves students in second through fourth grade in Raynham, a predominantly residential suburb in southeastern Massachusetts. It is one of three schools in Raynham within the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District; the town also operates an early elementary school for pre-kindergarten through first grade and a middle school for grades five through eight, while high school students attend the regional high school in neighboring Bridgewater.
The school’s academic performance in the most recent testing year shows that in mathematics, just under half of students scored at the proficient level or above on the state’s NextGen MCAS assessment. In English language arts, the share was slightly lower. The overall proficiency index, which averages results across tested subjects, places Laliberte above the midpoint among districts in Bristol County. That is a positive signal relative to its peers in the county, though the raw rates themselves suggest room for improvement.
A look at multi-year trends shows that proficiency in both subjects was higher in the years before the pandemic. In 2018-19, roughly two-thirds of students were proficient in math and just over seven in ten in ELA. After a sharp drop in 2020-21, math recovered somewhat and has settled in the range of about half, while ELA has remained below half for the past several years. The most recent results continue that pattern, with math holding around half and ELA just below. The trend indicates that the school has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels, particularly in reading and writing. A parent may want to ask the school about specific supports in place for literacy.
The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Black, Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, as well as special education and English learner enrollment, were not reported. That information would help a family gauge the economic and academic diversity of the student population and the range of support services available, so it is worth following up with the school directly.
Raynham itself is a car-dependent town without a traditional walkable downtown. Civic life centers on Raynham Center, where town hall and emergency services are located. Commercial development runs along the highway corridors that link the town to the broader region. Home values in the area are above the national benchmark, and the housing market has shown strong demand. The town’s growth has been steady as farmland gave way to residential and commercial use. A proposed second phase of the South Coast Rail project would add a commuter rail station in Raynham, which could influence future development, but it has not yet materialized.
The district’s brief turned up no recent changes of lasting impact to report. The school itself is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and it does not appear to receive Title I funding based on the available data. There is no information on discipline rates, attendance, or staffing ratios, so those are gaps a family would need to explore independently.
Laliberte Elementary is a mid-sized school for its grade band, serving about that many students across three grades. With its campus separate from the other town schools and the high school located in a different town, the school has its own distinct identity within the district. The academic picture is mixed: performance is in the middle to upper range among Bristol County districts, but the post-pandemic recovery in literacy has been slower than in math. Families who value a suburban setting with highway access and are willing to drive for most errands and activities will find Raynham a comfortable fit. Those with children entering second grade will find a school that is still working to lift its reading scores back to where they stood half a decade ago.
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