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Florence Sawyer School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Florence Sawyer School
Located at 100 Mechanic Street, in Bolton, Massachusetts, Florence Sawyer School is a high-enrollment K-5 school that hosts 734 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Nashoba. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 93% above typical.
Florence Sawyer School is one of 6 schools operated by Nashoba, a district that serves 2,990 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Florence Sawyer School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Worcester County) shows that median household income runs about $95,939, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Worcester County's 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), Florence Sawyer School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Nashoba Regional, around 1.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Florence Sawyer School operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. Florence Sawyer School's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 767 (now 734). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 89% to 84%.
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