McCarthy-Towne School

McCarthy-Towne School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Acton, Massachusetts. Its enrollment is 431 students, spread over kindergarten through 6.

Besides McCarthy-Towne School, Acton-Boxborough runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 5,055 students.

The share of White students at McCarthy-Towne School is 66%, a majority. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census estimates put Middlesex County at about 67% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at McCarthy-Towne School are from different groups.

The school's 35 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is about 12.2:1.

In the surrounding county, Middlesex County, the median household earns about $130,847 a year, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting McCarthy-Towne School, Middlesex County has 386 public schools.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Merriam School, is the closest to McCarthy-Towne School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% decline, from 483 to 431. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.1:1 to 12.3:1.

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