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Acushnet Elementary School
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Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 11 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Acushnet Elementary School
Set in Acushnet, Massachusetts, Acushnet Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school, overseen by Acushnet. It caters to 517 students across grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Acushnet Elementary School sits 36% larger than that benchmark.
Within Acushnet, which oversees 2 schools and 920 students, Acushnet Elementary School is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Acushnet Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest reads as 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bristol County put median household income runs about $85,625, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Bristol County's 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), Acushnet Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Albert F Ford Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Acushnet Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 517). The White share of enrollment edged down from 92% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the Acushnet Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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