Sunita L. Williams Elementary

Sunita L. Williams Elementary, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Needham, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Needham, serves 533 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Sunita L. Williams Elementary sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Sunita L. Williams Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Needham, a district that enrolls 5,493 students overall.

On demographics, Sunita L. Williams Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black. Compared to Norfolk County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sunita L. Williams Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Norfolk County) shows that median household earnings sit near $130,739, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Norfolk County's 198 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students), Sunita L. Williams Elementary is one campus in the mix.

John Eliot is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sunita L. Williams Elementary.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunita L. Williams Elementary has climbed 9%, going from 487 students in 2018 to 533 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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