Marathon Elementary School

Marathon Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, under Hopkinton. It is open to students in kindergarten through 1 and enrolls 545 students. It has 43% more students than the average for elementary schools in Massachusetts (about 381).

Across its 6 schools, Hopkinton enrolls 4,227 students. Marathon Elementary School is one of those schools.

Of every 100 students at Marathon Elementary School, about 48 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 35% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Census figures show Middlesex County is about 67% White. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Marathon Elementary School are from different groups.

Classroom staffing at Marathon Elementary School totals 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Massachusetts is similar, at 12.2:1.

In the wider Middlesex County area, median household income comes to about $130,847, roughly 60% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Middlesex County's 386 public schools enroll about 215,896 students and include Marathon Elementary School.

A public school about 0.4 miles away, Hopkins Elementary School, is the closest to Marathon Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Since 2017-18, enrollment has grown 19%, from 458 to 545. Meanwhile, the White share shrank from 75% to 48% of enrollment. The school's ratio dropped from 13.9:1 to 12.5:1 between 2017-18 and 2024-25.

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