Benjamin G Brown

Benjamin G Brown operates as a cozy elementary campus in Somerville, Massachusetts, part of Somerville. Current enrollment sits at 219 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Benjamin G Brown sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

Somerville runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,952 students. Benjamin G Brown is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Benjamin G Brown records that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 15% multiracial, 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian. Compared to Middlesex County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Benjamin G Brown shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) shows that median household earnings sit near $130,847, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Benjamin G Brown is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).

Nearest neighbor: Curtis-Tufts, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Benjamin G Brown has fell 5%, going from 231 students in 2018 to 219 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 72% to 64%.

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