E W Thurston Middle

E W Thurston Middle, a moderately sized junior high in Westwood, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Westwood, works with 664 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 547 students.

Westwood comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,842 students; E W Thurston Middle is among them.

Demographically, E W Thurston Middle reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 15% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Norfolk County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.5:1 average.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Norfolk County put the typical household earns roughly $130,739 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. E W Thurston Middle is one of 198 public schools in Norfolk County (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students).

Nearest neighbor: Westwood High, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Five-year trend. E W Thurston Middle's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 793 (now 664). The White share of enrollment contracted from 78% to 70% over that span.

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