Samuel Watson

Samuel Watson is a public elementary school run by Fall River in Fall River, Massachusetts. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 287 students. Enrollment is 25% lower than the average for elementary schools in Massachusetts, which is about 381.

Fall River is the district for Samuel Watson. It has 19 schools and 11,089 students.

White students form the largest group at Samuel Watson, 36% of enrollment. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 10% multiracial. By comparison, Bristol County residents are about 77% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Samuel Watson belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.

Dividing enrollment by its 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.7:1. Across elementary schools in Massachusetts, the average ratio is about 12.2:1.

Federal survey data for Bristol County show that median household income is about $85,625, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A total of 142 public schools operate in Bristol County, serving about 80,897 students.

Of nearby public schools, Talbot Innovation School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 287 was 15% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 250. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.6:1).

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