Merrill Elementary School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 144 | 46% |
| Grade 1 | 166 | 54% |
School pathway
Where Merrill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Bristol County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #683 of 1,086 | #49 of 82 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #912 of 938 | #70 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #401 of 938 | #42 of 75 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 310 | 18.7 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 20.8 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 20.2 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 21 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 18.2 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 16 | 21.2:1 | 14% (48) |
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (310 to 310); teachers up 3% (18.2 to 18.7).
About Merrill Elementary School
Merrill Elementary School is a small elementary school in Massachusetts, located in Raynham. The school runs kindergarten through 1 and enrolls 310 students.
Across its 8 schools, Bridgewater-Raynham enrolls 5,682 students. Merrill Elementary School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Merrill Elementary School is 64%, a majority. The school is also 14% Black, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is lower than the 77% White share among all Bristol County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The school's 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is 12.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher.
Looking at the county, Bristol County, the median household earns about $85,625 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Bristol County has 142 public schools with about 80,897 students, including Merrill Elementary School.
The closest school to Merrill Elementary School is Laliberte Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 11 students, from 299 to 310. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.6:1.
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