John D Mc Govern Elementary

Medway, Massachusetts, is home to John D Mc Govern Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 353 students in pre-K through 1.

John D Mc Govern Elementary is among 4 schools run by Medway, which serves 2,158 students.

More than half of enrollment at John D Mc Govern Elementary is White: 74%. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Norfolk County overall, the White share is about 70%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, John D Mc Govern Elementary scores 43%.

John D Mc Govern Elementary reported 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is 12.2:1.

Looking at the county, Norfolk County, median household income comes to about $130,739, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 198 public schools and about 101,300 students.

A public school about 0.7 miles away, Medway Middle, is the closest to John D Mc Govern Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of John D Mc Govern Elementary.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school's student count increased 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio increased from 11.1:1 to 13.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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