James Fitzgerald Elementary School

Set in Waltham, Massachusetts, James Fitzgerald Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus, operated by Waltham. It caters to 350 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 11 schools in Waltham (5,777 students total), James Fitzgerald Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, James Fitzgerald Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 35% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting James Fitzgerald Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for Middlesex County shows median household income runs about $130,847, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Middlesex County runs 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), of which James Fitzgerald Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cunniff, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 438 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 30% to 35%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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