Chatham Elementary School

Set in Chatham, Massachusetts, Chatham Elementary School is a minimally staffed elementary-level community, part of Monomoy Regional School District. It educates 146 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Within Monomoy Regional School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,728 students, Chatham Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Chatham Elementary School records that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Chatham Elementary School reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Barnstable County indicate median household income runs about $95,241, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Barnstable County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,212 students), of which Chatham Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Monomoy Regional Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Chatham Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Chatham Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 40% since 2018, when it stood at 242 (now 146). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 81% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.