James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell is an average-sized elementary campus in Watertown, Massachusetts, run under Watertown. The school instructs 422 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, James Russell Lowell reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put median household income runs about $130,847, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), James Russell Lowell is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Watertown Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at James Russell Lowell has held roughly steady, going from 417 students in 2018 to 422 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 67% to 55%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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