Phelps Elementary School

Phelps Elementary School is a large elementary school in Rockland, Massachusetts, part of Rockland. The school instructs 639 students in grades 1 through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 68% above the state mean of about 381.

Within Rockland, which oversees 4 schools and 2,158 students, Phelps Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Phelps Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, Phelps Elementary School reports 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Plymouth County put the typical household earns roughly $114,201 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Plymouth County runs 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), of which Phelps Elementary School is one.

John W Rogers Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Phelps Elementary School.

Phelps Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Phelps Elementary School has expanded 110%, going from 305 students in 2018 to 639 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 78% to 62% over that span.

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