Merriam School

The public elementary school Merriam School is located in Acton, Massachusetts. Enrollment totals 395 students across kindergarten through 6.

The district, Acton-Boxborough, has 5,055 students enrolled across 9 schools.

White students are 64% of those enrolled at Merriam School. The next largest groups are 16% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. That is in line with Middlesex County, where about 67% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.

The school has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.2 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is 12.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher.

The school is in Middlesex County, where the median household earns about $130,847 a year, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Merriam School shares Middlesex County with 385 other public schools.

McCarthy-Towne School is less than a tenth of a mile from Merriam School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school's enrollment decreased 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.2:1, from 15.5:1.

The allk12 page for Merriam School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.