Community Education Center

Community Education Center is a public elementary school in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Classes run from pre-K, and the school has 158 students. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Massachusetts, enrollment here is 59% lower.

The Chelmsford system has 8 schools and 5,068 students.

At 55%, White students outnumber all other groups at Community Education Center combined. It is also 23% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. Middlesex County's residents are about 67% White, 12 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Community Education Center comes in at 63%.

Staffing totals 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. That ratio is over the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

Census Bureau estimates for Middlesex County show that median household income is about $130,847, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 60%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 386 public schools operate in Middlesex County, serving about 215,896 students.

The nearest public school is Dr Gertrude Bailey, at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Federal data put enrollment at 76 in 2020-21 and 158 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The number of students per teacher rose from 8.4 to 17.6 over 4 years.

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