Ferryway

Ferryway, an expansive K-5 school in Malden, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Malden, enrolls 920 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 141% bigger than typical.

Malden runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 6,354 students. Ferryway is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Ferryway lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 20% Black, 18% White, 18% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Middlesex County shows the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Ferryway is one campus in the mix.

Lafayette School 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 a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ferryway has grew 5%, going from 875 students in 2018 to 920 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 30% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Ferryway typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.