Gordon W. Mitchell School

Gordon W. Mitchell School operates as an expansive elementary campus in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, overseen by East Bridgewater. Current enrollment sits at 612 students spanning grades 3 through 6. That puts it 61% bigger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

East Bridgewater runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 2,013 students. Gordon W. Mitchell School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Gordon W. Mitchell School lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Plymouth County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Gordon W. Mitchell School logs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, census data for Plymouth County shows median household earnings sit near $114,201, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gordon W. Mitchell School is one of 141 public schools in Plymouth County (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gordon W. Mitchell School has shrank 8%, going from 663 students in 2018 to 612 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 90% to 81%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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