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Elmwood
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 19 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 15 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Elmwood
Elmwood operates as a sizable primary school in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, operated by Hopkinton. Current enrollment sits at 648 students spanning grades 2 through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 70% larger than the state mean of about 381.
Hopkinton comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,227 students; Elmwood is among them.
Looking at the student body, Elmwood reports that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 32% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.
In the surrounding community, census data for Middlesex County shows median household earnings sit near $130,847, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Middlesex County runs 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), of which Elmwood is one.
Nearest neighbor: Hopkinton Middle School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elmwood.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Elmwood's enrollment has climbed 29% since 2018, when it stood at 501 (now 648). Over the same period, the White share fell from 74% to 52%.
On the community side, members of the Elmwood community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Middlesex County at a glance
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- Hopkinton Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
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- Hopkinton High1.2 mi · 1,267
- Hopkins Elementary School1.3 mi · 682
- Marathon Elementary School1.6 mi · 545
- Mary E Finn School3.4 mi · 345