Frank M Sokolowski Elementary

Frank M Sokolowski Elementary, a mid-sized elementary-level community in Chelsea, Massachusetts, run under Chelsea, serves 472 students, covering grades 1 through 4. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Frank M Sokolowski Elementary sits 24% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Chelsea, which oversees 11 schools and 6,094 students, Frank M Sokolowski Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Frank M Sokolowski Elementary records that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 6% White, 4% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Frank M Sokolowski Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Suffolk County runs 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), of which Frank M Sokolowski Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Edgar F. Hooks Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frank M Sokolowski Elementary has ticked down 17%, going from 568 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 84% to 90%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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