Sgt Wm H Carney Academy

Sgt Wm H Carney Academy, a roomy K-5 school in New Bedford, Massachusetts, run under New Bedford, educates 618 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Sgt Wm H Carney Academy sits 62% larger than that benchmark.

Sgt Wm H Carney Academy is one of 24 schools operated by New Bedford, a district that teaches 12,505 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Sgt Wm H Carney Academy records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% White, 20% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Bristol County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bristol County put median household income runs about $85,625, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Sgt Wm H Carney Academy is one of 142 public schools in Bristol County (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students).

Nearest neighbor: Whaling City Junior/Senior High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sgt Wm H Carney Academy.

Sgt Wm H Carney Academy operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sgt Wm H Carney Academy has fell 21%, going from 782 students in 2018 to 618 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 32% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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