Blanchard Memorial School

Blanchard Memorial School is a public elementary school in Boxborough, Massachusetts. The school serves 469 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Massachusetts is roughly 381 students; this school is 23% larger than that.

Blanchard Memorial School is one of the 9 schools that make up Acton-Boxborough (5,055 students in total).

Roughly 50% of students at Blanchard Memorial School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 67%. Blanchard Memorial School's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.

Dividing enrollment by its 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.9:1. That matches the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts fairly closely.

County data help place the school in context: in Middlesex County, the median household income is $130,847, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 60% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Middlesex County is home to 386 public schools and about 215,896 public school students.

Carol Huebner Early Childhood Program is the public school closest to Blanchard Memorial School, about 1.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment at Blanchard Memorial School climbed 5% between 2017-18 and 2024-25, from 447 to 469 students. The largest shift in the student mix was in the White share, which decreased from 58% to 50%. The ratio was 14.8:1 in 2017-18 and 11.9:1 in 2024-25.

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