Fletcher/Maynard Academy

Fletcher/Maynard Academy, a tight-knit K-5 school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, operated by Cambridge, enrolls 249 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 35% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Cambridge runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 7,027 students. Fletcher/Maynard Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Fletcher/Maynard Academy logs that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, 8% White. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 5% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Fletcher/Maynard Academy has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.3:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Fletcher/Maynard Academy is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cambridgeport, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fletcher/Maynard Academy.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Fletcher/Maynard Academy's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 296 (now 249). The White share of enrollment decreased from 20% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Fletcher/Maynard Academy community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.