Charles J Prescott

Charles J Prescott is an elementary campus of modestly sized scale in Norwood, Massachusetts, run under Norwood, works with 267 students in grades 1 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 381.

Across the 9 schools in Norwood (3,575 students total), Charles J Prescott accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Charles J Prescott records that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 15% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Norfolk County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Charles J Prescott has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Norfolk County indicate median household earnings sit near $130,739, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Norfolk County's 198 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students), Charles J Prescott is one campus in the mix.

Balch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles J Prescott.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 7%: 249 students in 2018 compared to 267 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 61% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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