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Florence Roche School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Florence Roche School
Set in Groton, Massachusetts, Florence Roche School is a large elementary campus, one of the schools within Groton-Dunstable. It works with 615 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 61% larger than typical.
Across the 5 schools in Groton-Dunstable (2,300 students total), Florence Roche School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Florence Roche School logs that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 10% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Florence Roche School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Florence Roche School is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).
Groton Dunstable Regional Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 20%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 615 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 80% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Florence Roche School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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