Rowe Elementary

Set in Rowe, Massachusetts, Rowe Elementary is a minimally staffed elementary-level community, part of Rowe. It teaches 54 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 86% below the state mean of about 381.

Rowe Elementary is a school of Rowe, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Rowe Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school logs 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Rowe Elementary has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $74,907, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Franklin County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,666 students), of which Rowe Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hawlemont Regional, around 5.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Rowe Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 71 (now 54). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 81%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Rowe Elementary typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.