Quashnet School

Located at 150 Old Barnstable Road, in Mashpee, Massachusetts, Quashnet School is a reasonably sized elementary school that serves 399 students (grades 3 through 6), part of Mashpee.

Mashpee comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,386 students; Quashnet School is among them.

On demographics, Quashnet School reports that White students make up the majority at 64%; the rest reads as 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Quashnet School lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Barnstable County) reports that median household income runs about $95,241, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Quashnet School is one of 49 public schools in Barnstable County (combined enrollment of about 22,212 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kenneth Coombs School, around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Quashnet School's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 485 (now 399). The White share of enrollment declined from 77% to 64% over that span.

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