Bradford Elementary

Bradford Elementary is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in Bradford, Massachusetts, part of Haverhill, enrolling 443 students in grades K through 4.

Bradford Elementary is one of 16 schools operated by Haverhill, a district that works with 7,940 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bradford Elementary logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 45% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,883 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Bradford Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Caleb Dustin Hunking School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bradford Elementary.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bradford Elementary has edged up 40%, going from 316 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 72% to 46% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.