Arthur D Healey

Arthur D Healey, a moderately sized elementary campus in Somerville, Massachusetts, run under Somerville, serves 482 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Somerville runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,952 students. Arthur D Healey is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Arthur D Healey reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 28% White, 15% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

In terms of school funding signals, Arthur D Healey lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate median household income runs about $130,847, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Arthur D Healey is one campus in the mix.

Missituk Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 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. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 7%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share contracted from 7% to 3%. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.