Oak Ridge

Oak Ridge is an elementary campus of roomy scale in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, operated by Sandwich, hosting 673 students in grades 3 through 6. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Oak Ridge sits 77% above that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Sandwich (2,118 students total), Oak Ridge accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Oak Ridge lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder reads as 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Barnstable County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Oak Ridge has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Barnstable County) shows that median household income runs about $95,241, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Barnstable County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,212 students), of which Oak Ridge is one.

The closest other public school is Sandwich Middle High School, roughly 1.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Ridge has contracted 18%, going from 824 students in 2018 to 673 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 93% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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