Alfred J Gomes

Alfred J Gomes is one of the expansive elementary campuss in New Bedford, Massachusetts, part of New Bedford, with 623 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Alfred J Gomes sits 64% larger than that benchmark.

New Bedford runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 12,505 students. Alfred J Gomes is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Alfred J Gomes lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bristol County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Alfred J Gomes tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bristol County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,625 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alfred J Gomes is one of 142 public schools in Bristol County (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students).

Nearest neighbor: James B Congdon, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 13%: 553 students in 2018 compared to 623 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 18% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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