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Heights Elementary
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 4 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Heights Elementary
Heights Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Sharon, Massachusetts, run under Sharon. Current enrollment sits at 545 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 43% larger than typical.
Sharon runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,468 students. Heights Elementary is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Heights Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 30% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black. By comparison, Norfolk County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Heights Elementary logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Norfolk County put median household income runs about $130,739, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Norfolk County runs 198 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students), of which Heights Elementary is one.
The closest other public school is Sharon High, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Heights Elementary.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Looking at the recent track record. Heights Elementary's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 545). Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 35% to 30%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.
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