Peter Thacher Elementary School

Peter Thacher Elementary School, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Attleboro, Massachusetts, part of Attleboro, hosts 467 students, covering grades K through 4. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Peter Thacher Elementary School sits 23% above that benchmark.

Attleboro runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,239 students. Peter Thacher Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Peter Thacher Elementary School lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bristol County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,625 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Peter Thacher Elementary School is one of 142 public schools in Bristol County (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students).

The closest other public school is Early Learning Center, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Peter Thacher Elementary School.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Peter Thacher Elementary School has expanded 11%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 467 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 66% to 54%. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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