Roland Hayes

Set in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Roland Hayes is a medium-sized elementary school, overseen by Brookline. It serves 418 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Within Brookline, which oversees 13 schools and 7,056 students, Roland Hayes is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Roland Hayes shows that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 17% Asian, 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 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.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Norfolk County) records that median household earnings sit near $130,739, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Roland Hayes is one of 198 public schools in Norfolk County (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students).

Nearest neighbor: John D Runkle, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roland Hayes.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Roland Hayes's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 418). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 61% to 52%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.