Gardner

Gardner is a small elementary school in Massachusetts, located in Swansea. Its 276 students are spread across kindergarten through 2. The typical figure for elementary schools in Massachusetts is about 381 students.

Gardner is one school in Swansea, a system of 6 schools with 1,991 students.

Most students at Gardner are White: 90% of enrollment. Other students are 3% Hispanic and 3% Black. That is higher than the 77% White share among all Bristol County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Gardner belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.

The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.6:1, with 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Massachusetts is 12.2:1, lower than at this school.

County data help place the school in context: in Bristol County, median household income is about $85,625, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Gardner is among the 142 public schools in Bristol County.

The shortest distance from Gardner to another public school is about 1.6 miles, to Joseph G Luther. The five-mile area around Gardner holds at least 8 other public schools.

The federal government classifies Gardner's location as Suburb: Large.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 276 was 8% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 255. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.6:1, from 15.9:1.

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