Alice M Barrows

Alice M Barrows operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Reading, Massachusetts. It had 365 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.

Enrollment across the 9 schools in Reading totals 3,836 students.

White students are 85% of those enrolled at Alice M Barrows. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Middlesex County overall, about 67% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.

The school had 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. It is about the same as the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

The school is in Middlesex County, where the median household earns about $130,847 a year, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Middlesex County, 386 public schools serve about 215,896 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Walter S Parker Middle, is about 0.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 365, up from 354 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.2 to 12.8 over 4 years.

This page is set up for the Alice M Barrows community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.