Cunniff

Cunniff, a cozy elementary campus in Watertown, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Watertown, hosts 320 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Watertown runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,844 students. Cunniff is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Cunniff reports that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest comes out to 24% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cunniff logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Cunniff tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, Middlesex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Cunniff is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Watertown Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Cunniff operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 307 students in 2018 compared to 320 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 67% to 57%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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