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Albert F Ford Middle School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Albert F Ford Middle School
Albert F Ford Middle School operates as a modestly sized intermediate school in Acushnet, Massachusetts, overseen by Acushnet. Current enrollment sits at 403 students spanning grades 5 through 8. That puts it 26% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 547 students.
Acushnet runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 920 students. Albert F Ford Middle School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Albert F Ford Middle School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.
In the broader community, census data for Bristol County shows median household income runs about $85,625, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bristol County runs 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), of which Albert F Ford Middle School is one.
Acushnet Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Albert F Ford Middle School.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 413 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.
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