Charlton Elementary

Charlton Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Dudley-Charlton Reg, located in Charlton, Massachusetts. It had 333 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 1.

Dudley-Charlton Reg enrolls 3,476 students, and its 7 schools include Charlton Elementary.

White students are 82% of those enrolled at Charlton Elementary. Next come 14% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 73% White among all Worcester County residents. A diversity index of 31% means there is a 31% chance two randomly chosen students at Charlton Elementary are from different groups.

The school has 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.0 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is 12.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher.

In Worcester County, the median household earns about $95,939 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Worcester County, 257 public schools serve about 121,490 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 6.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 333, up from 302 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.0:1, from 18.9:1.

Charlton Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.