Ernest F Upham

Ernest F Upham is a K-5 school of very small scale in Wellesley, Massachusetts, overseen by Wellesley, instructing 141 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 63% leaner than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Wellesley runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,127 students. Ernest F Upham is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Ernest F Upham lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Ernest F Upham tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Norfolk County) shows that 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%. Across Norfolk County's 198 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students), Ernest F Upham is one campus in the mix.

Katharine Lee Bates is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count fell 40%: 236 students in 2018 compared to 141 in 2024. White enrollment moved from 81% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2024.

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