Boutwell School

Boutwell School is a small elementary school based in Groton, Massachusetts. The school's 77 students are in pre-K. Statewide, elementary schools in Massachusetts average about 381 students each.

Groton-Dunstable is the district for Boutwell School. It has 5 schools and 2,300 students.

The large majority of students at Boutwell School, 83%, are White. The remaining shares are 8% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Middlesex County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Boutwell School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.

Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1 at Boutwell School, with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is lower than this school's figure.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Middlesex County show that median household income is about $130,847, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 386 public schools in Middlesex County, with a combined enrollment of about 215,896.

Florence Roche School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Boutwell School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal counts for Boutwell School: 37 students in 2020-21, 77 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 7.4:1 to 15.4:1.

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