Squannacook Early Childhood Center

Squannacook Early Childhood Center is one of the one-room-style elementary schools in Townsend, Massachusetts, run under North Middlesex, with 89 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 77% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Within North Middlesex, which oversees 7 schools and 2,914 students, Squannacook Early Childhood Center is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Squannacook Early Childhood Center logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at school resources, Squannacook Early Childhood Center lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Squannacook Early Childhood Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hawthorne Brook, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 90 students in 2018 compared to 89 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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