Chandler Elementary

Chandler Elementary operates as a well-populated K-5 school in Duxbury, Massachusetts, run under Duxbury. Current enrollment sits at 665 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Chandler Elementary sits 75% above that benchmark.

Duxbury runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,694 students. Chandler Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Chandler Elementary lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the resource side, Chandler Elementary logs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Plymouth County put median household income runs about $114,201, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Plymouth County's 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), Chandler Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Silver Lake Regional Middle School, around 2.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 6%: 625 students in 2018 compared to 665 in 2025.

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