Paul P Gates Elementary School

Set in Acton, Massachusetts, Paul P Gates Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Acton-Boxborough. It works with 380 students across grades K through 6.

Acton-Boxborough runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,055 students. Paul P Gates Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Paul P Gates Elementary School logs that Asian students make up the majority at 55%. The remainder breaks down as 29% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 14% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) records that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Paul P Gates Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: C.T. Douglas Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 402 students in 2018 compared to 380 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 33% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.