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Blanchard Middle
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Blanchard Middle
As a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Westford, Massachusetts, Blanchard Middle enrolls 541 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Westford.
Westford runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,575 students. Blanchard Middle is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Blanchard Middle records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 37% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Blanchard Middle is one campus in the mix.
Day Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blanchard Middle.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Over the past 7-year window. Blanchard Middle's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 590 (now 541). White enrollment moved from 66% to 56% across the same window.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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