Mary Fonseca Elementary School

Mary Fonseca Elementary School operates as a high-enrollment elementary school in Fall River, Massachusetts, run under Fall River. Current enrollment sits at 598 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 57% above the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Fall River comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 11,089 students; Mary Fonseca Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Mary Fonseca Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 31% White, 17% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Mary Fonseca Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, census data for Bristol County shows median household earnings sit near $85,625, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Bristol County runs 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), of which Mary Fonseca Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Early Learning Center, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Mary Fonseca Elementary School's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 709 (now 598). Black enrollment moved from 9% to 17% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.