Grafton Middle

Grafton Middle operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Grafton, Massachusetts, overseen by Grafton. Current enrollment sits at 478 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

Across the 6 schools in Grafton (3,089 students total), Grafton Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Grafton Middle lists that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.5:1 average.

In the broader community, Worcester County reports that median household earnings sit near $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), Grafton Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Grafton High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Grafton Middle's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 524 (now 478). The White share of enrollment contracted from 82% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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