Cushing Elementary

Located at 1 Aberdeen Dr, in Scituate, Massachusetts, Cushing Elementary is a moderately sized primary school that caters to 352 students (grades K through 5), operated by Scituate.

Scituate comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,744 students; Cushing Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cushing Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the area at large, census data for Plymouth County shows median household income runs about $114,201, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Plymouth County runs 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), of which Cushing Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Scituate High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cushing Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cushing Elementary's enrollment has edged up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 312 (now 352). The White share of enrollment declined from 95% to 91% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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