Rochester Memorial

Located at 16 Pine Street, in Rochester, Massachusetts, Rochester Memorial is an average-sized elementary-level community that educates 473 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Rochester. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Rochester is the operating authority for Rochester Memorial, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Rochester Memorial lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Plymouth County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Rochester Memorial has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Rochester Memorial tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, census data for Plymouth County shows the typical household earns roughly $114,201 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Plymouth County runs 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), of which Rochester Memorial is one.

The closest other public school is Acushnet Elementary School, roughly 2.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rochester Memorial has ticked down 5%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 473 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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