Charles S Ashley

Located at 122 Rochambeau Street, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Charles S Ashley is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that serves 272 students (grades K through 5), run under New Bedford. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Charles S Ashley sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Within New Bedford, which oversees 24 schools and 12,505 students, Charles S Ashley is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Charles S Ashley records that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 34% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Charles S Ashley higher than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bristol County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $85,625 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Charles S Ashley is one of 142 public schools in Bristol County (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students).

Normandin Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Charles S Ashley has fell 4%, going from 282 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 66% to 47%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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