Bellingham Early Childhood Center

Bellingham Early Childhood Center is a small elementary school in Bellingham, Massachusetts. The school serves 109 students in pre-K in 2023-24. The average among elementary schools in Massachusetts is roughly 381 students; this school is 71% smaller than that.

Bellingham oversees Bellingham Early Childhood Center and 5 other schools, with 2,129 students in total.

White students make up a majority at Bellingham Early Childhood Center, at 73%. Next come 12% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Norfolk County as a whole is similar, at about 70%. Bellingham Early Childhood Center's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.

Bellingham Early Childhood Center counts 6.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.7 students for each one. This ratio sits 4.5 above the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

According to the American Community Survey, in Norfolk County, the median household income is $130,739, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 198 public schools in Norfolk County, enrolling about 101,300 students in all.

The school nearest to Bellingham Early Childhood Center is Stall Brook, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

Under the NCES locale system, Bellingham Early Childhood Center is Suburb: Large.

Enrollment in 2023-24 was 109, close to the 110 recorded in 2017-18. The share of White students decreased 16 points, from 89% to 73%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.0:1 to 16.0:1.

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