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Bennett-Hemenway
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Bennett-Hemenway
Bennett-Hemenway, a reasonably sized elementary campus in Natick, Massachusetts, overseen by Natick, works with 504 students, covering grades K through 4. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Bennett-Hemenway sits 32% above that benchmark.
Natick runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,348 students. Bennett-Hemenway is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Bennett-Hemenway logs that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder comes out to 14% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Middlesex County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, Bennett-Hemenway logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Bennett-Hemenway higher than the state norm the norm.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Middlesex County runs 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), of which Bennett-Hemenway is one.
The closest other public school is Wilson Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bennett-Hemenway.
Bennett-Hemenway operates from a residential location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 594 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Middlesex County at a glance
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