Edmund Hatch Bennett

Located at 47 North Walker Street, in Taunton, Massachusetts, Edmund Hatch Bennett is a modestly sized elementary campus that teaches 313 students (grades K through 4), run under Taunton.

Across the 13 schools in Taunton (8,311 students total), Edmund Hatch Bennett accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Edmund Hatch Bennett shows that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Bristol County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Edmund Hatch Bennett has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bristol County) records that the typical household earns roughly $85,625 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Edmund Hatch Bennett is one of 142 public schools in Bristol County (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students).

Joseph C Chamberlain is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edmund Hatch Bennett.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Edmund Hatch Bennett's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 332 (now 313). White enrollment moved from 80% to 59% across the same window.

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