Hosmer

As a big elementary campus in Watertown, Massachusetts, Hosmer enrolls 758 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Watertown. Enrollment runs roughly 99% above the state mean of about 381.

Watertown runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,844 students. Hosmer is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hosmer records that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian, 7% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Hosmer is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: James Russell Lowell, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hosmer's enrollment has edged up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 683 (now 758). White enrollment moved from 64% to 52% across the same window.

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