Joseph F DiPietro Elementary School

Located at 70 Harpin Street, in Bellingham, Massachusetts, Joseph F DiPietro Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus that instructs 385 students (grades pre-K through 3), run under Bellingham.

Across the 6 schools in Bellingham (2,129 students total), Joseph F DiPietro Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Joseph F DiPietro Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Norfolk County put the typical household earns roughly $130,739 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Norfolk County runs 198 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students), of which Joseph F DiPietro Elementary School is one.

Keough Memorial Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 15%: 335 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 67% across the same window.

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