Cambridgeport

Cambridgeport is a tight-knit elementary-level community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, overseen by Cambridge. The school hosts 263 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Cambridgeport sits 31% below that benchmark.

Cambridgeport is one of 17 schools operated by Cambridge, a district that hosts 7,027 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Cambridgeport shows that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 19% Black, 15% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Cambridgeport tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, Middlesex County reports that median household income runs about $130,847, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Middlesex County runs 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), of which Cambridgeport is one.

The closest other public school is Fletcher/Maynard Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 342 students in 2018 compared to 263 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 52% to 40%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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