Andrew B. Cushman School

Andrew B. Cushman School is a small elementary school found in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The school enrolls 92 students, from pre-K. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Massachusetts is about 381, so this school runs 76% smaller than that.

Dartmouth has 3,297 students in 6 schools, and Andrew B. Cushman School is one of those schools.

White students make up a majority at Andrew B. Cushman School, at 79%. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Bristol County as a whole is similar, at about 77%. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Federal data list 7.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Andrew B. Cushman School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.0:1. That is 0.8 students per teacher above the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

County data help place the school in context: in Bristol County, the median household income is $85,625, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bristol County is home to 142 public schools and about 80,897 public school students.

The closest other public school is Joseph Demello, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, Andrew B. Cushman School is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The school enrolled 92 students in 2024-25, 28 fewer than the 120 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.0:1 in 2020-21 to 13.0:1 in 2024-25.

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