Edgar F. Hooks Elementary

Edgar F. Hooks Elementary operates as an average-sized primary school in Chelsea, Massachusetts, run under Chelsea. Current enrollment sits at 430 students spanning grades 1 through 4.

Chelsea comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,094 students; Edgar F. Hooks Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edgar F. Hooks Elementary logs that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 8% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Edgar F. Hooks Elementary records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household income runs about $95,631, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Suffolk County runs 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), of which Edgar F. Hooks Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: George F. Kelly Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edgar F. Hooks Elementary.

Edgar F. Hooks Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 590 students in 2018 compared to 430 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 81% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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