Hatherly Elementary

As a cozy elementary campus in Scituate, Massachusetts, Hatherly Elementary instructs 263 students from grades K through 5, part of Scituate. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Scituate runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,744 students. Hatherly Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hatherly Elementary lists that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hatherly Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Plymouth County) logs that median household earnings sit near $114,201, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Plymouth County runs 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), of which Hatherly Elementary is one.

Cushing Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hatherly Elementary.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hatherly Elementary has decreased 3%, going from 270 students in 2018 to 263 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.