South Elementary

South Elementary, a low-enrollment primary school in Stoughton, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Stoughton, caters to 305 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 8 schools in Stoughton (3,759 students total), South Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 27% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, South Elementary lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting South Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Norfolk County indicate median household income runs about $130,739, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. South Elementary is one of 198 public schools in Norfolk County (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students).

Edwin A Jones Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 23%: 248 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 20% to 27% over that span.

On allk12, the feed for South Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.