McCarthy-Towne School

McCarthy-Towne School is a moderately sized elementary school in Acton, Massachusetts, part of Acton-Boxborough. The school educates 431 students in grades K through 6.

Within Acton-Boxborough, which oversees 9 schools and 5,055 students, McCarthy-Towne School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, McCarthy-Towne School records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Middlesex County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, McCarthy-Towne School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Middlesex County runs 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), of which McCarthy-Towne School is one.

Merriam School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 10% to 14%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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