Gardner

Gardner is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in Swansea, Massachusetts, overseen by Swansea, enrolling 276 students in grades K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 28% below the state mean of about 381.

Within Swansea, which oversees 6 schools and 1,991 students, Gardner is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Gardner shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Bristol County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bristol County put median household income runs about $85,625, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Bristol County runs 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), of which Gardner is one.

Nearest neighbor: Joseph G Luther, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gardner has rose 6%, going from 261 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 97% to 90%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Gardner community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.