Squannacook Early Childhood Center

Squannacook Early Childhood Center is a small elementary school that serves part of Townsend, Massachusetts. A federal count lists 89 students at the school, in pre-K through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Massachusetts is about 381, so this school runs 77% smaller than that.

A total of 7 schools make up North Middlesex, with 2,914 students enrolled.

A majority of students at Squannacook Early Childhood Center, 76%, are White. The remaining shares are 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Middlesex County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Squannacook Early Childhood Center comes in at 40%.

A ratio of 17.1:1 comes from the school's 5.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is lower than this school's figure.

In Middlesex County (population about 1,638,365), median household income is about $130,847, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 60% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Squannacook Early Childhood Center is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County, which together enroll about 215,896 students.

Hawthorne Brook is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles.

Squannacook Early Childhood Center is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.

Reported enrollment: 47 (2020-21) and 89 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 7.8:1 to 17.1:1.

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