Crocker Farm Elementary

Located at 280 West Street, in Amherst, Massachusetts, Crocker Farm Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that enrolls 353 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Amherst.

Within Amherst, which oversees 3 schools and 1,038 students, Crocker Farm Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Crocker Farm Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 20% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 12% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Hampshire County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Crocker Farm Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, census data for Hampshire County shows median household earnings sit near $87,001, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Crocker Farm Elementary is one of 45 public schools in Hampshire County (combined enrollment of about 16,626 students).

The closest other public school is Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School, roughly 2.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Crocker Farm Elementary's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 408 (now 353). The Asian share of enrollment declined from 17% to 12% over that span.

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