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C A Farley
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 20 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About C A Farley
Set in Hudson, Massachusetts, C A Farley is a mid-tier primary school, operated by Hudson. It educates 474 students across grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so C A Farley sits 24% larger than that benchmark.
C A Farley is one of 5 schools operated by Hudson, a district that serves 2,322 students overall.
On the student-mix side, C A Farley lists that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 31% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting C A Farley tighter than the state norm the norm.
Across the wider county, Middlesex County reports 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. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), C A Farley is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is David J. Quinn Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around C A Farley.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 461 students in 2018 compared to 474 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 79% to 61%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Middlesex County at a glance
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