Joseph E Fiske

Joseph E Fiske is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in Wellesley, Massachusetts, part of Wellesley, hosting 278 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Within Wellesley, which oversees 10 schools and 4,127 students, Joseph E Fiske is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Joseph E Fiske reports that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 28% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Norfolk County put median household earnings sit near $130,739, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Norfolk County runs 198 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students), of which Joseph E Fiske is one.

Preschool at Wellesley Schools is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph E Fiske.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 30%: 398 students in 2018 compared to 278 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 61% to 55%.

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