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Memorial School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Memorial School
Memorial School operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in Medfield, Massachusetts, overseen by Medfield. Current enrollment sits at 412 students spanning grades pre-K through 1.
Across the 5 schools in Medfield (2,478 students total), Memorial School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Memorial School shows that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Norfolk County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Memorial School lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Memorial School higher than the state norm the norm.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Norfolk County shows median household income runs about $130,739, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Memorial School is one of 198 public schools in Norfolk County (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students).
Dale Street is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Memorial School.
Memorial School operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.
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