Sheffield Elementary School

Sheffield Elementary School is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, part of Gill-Montague, works with 199 students in grades 2 through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Sheffield Elementary School sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.

Gill-Montague runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 858 students. Sheffield Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sheffield Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household income runs about $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. Across Franklin County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,666 students), Sheffield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hillcrest Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sheffield Elementary School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 216 students in 2018 compared to 199 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 17% to 22%.

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