Hayden/McFadden

Hayden/McFadden is a large elementary school in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It teaches 748 students in pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Massachusetts enroll about 381 students on average.

New Bedford has 24 schools and 12,505 students, and Hayden/McFadden is one of those schools.

Hispanic students are 66% of those enrolled at Hayden/McFadden. The rest of enrollment is 15% White, 14% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bristol County's population at about 10%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.

Based on 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, Hayden/McFadden has a ratio of 12.7:1. It is about the same as the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

For the population of Bristol County, the median household earns about $85,625 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Bristol County, 142 public schools serve about 80,897 students.

A public school about 0.4 miles away, Global Learning Charter Public School, is the closest to Hayden/McFadden. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 748, up from 644 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.7 students per teacher, compared with 11.1 in 2020-21.

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