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Hemenway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 17 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 20 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hemenway
As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Framingham, Massachusetts, Hemenway caters to 538 students from grades K through 5, operated by Framingham. That puts it 41% larger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.
Hemenway is one of 14 schools operated by Framingham, a district that instructs 9,124 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Hemenway shows that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Hemenway logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.
In the area at large, census data for Middlesex County shows median household income runs about $130,847, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hemenway is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).
Nearest neighbor: Walsh Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hemenway.
Hemenway operates from an inner-city location.
Five-year trend. Hemenway's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 568 (now 538). The White share of enrollment decreased from 70% to 43% over that span.
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