Abbot Elementary

Abbot Elementary is a primary school of average-sized scale in Westford, Massachusetts, overseen by Westford, enrolling 371 students in grades 3 through 5.

Westford comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,575 students; Abbot Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Abbot Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 23% Asian, 2% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Abbot Elementary reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Middlesex County runs 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), of which Abbot Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Nabnasset, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Abbot Elementary.

Abbot Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 367 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 76% to 72%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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