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Bennett-Hemenway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2016, while math scores are up about 3 points.
7-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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