John J McGlynn Elementary School

John J McGlynn Elementary School is an average-sized elementary school in Medford, Massachusetts, overseen by Medford. The school serves 505 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 33% larger than typical.

Medford comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,170 students; John J McGlynn Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, John J McGlynn Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 28% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the income-and-resources front, John J McGlynn Elementary School records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, Middlesex County reports that median household income runs about $130,847, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. John J McGlynn Elementary School is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).

John J. McGlynn Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John J McGlynn Elementary School.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. John J McGlynn Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 524 (now 505). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 12% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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