Fiske

Fiske is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Lexington, Massachusetts, operated by Lexington, with 324 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Lexington comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,748 students; Fiske is among them.

On the student-mix side, Fiske shows that the largest single group is Asian at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 39% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Fiske is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).

Wm Diamond Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fiske has decreased 35%, going from 502 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 56% to 39%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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