Swallow/Union School

Swallow/Union School is the name of a small elementary school in Dunstable, Massachusetts. The school covers kindergarten through 4 and reported 210 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Massachusetts, the average enrollment is about 381.

Enrollment across the 5 schools in Groton-Dunstable totals 2,300 students.

White students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Middlesex County's residents are about 67% White, 15 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Swallow/Union School is 13.0:1, based on 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Massachusetts, 12.2:1, is lower.

In the wider Middlesex County area, the median household earns about $130,847 a year, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Swallow/Union School shares Middlesex County with 385 other public schools.

A public school about 2.3 miles away, Tyngsborough Elementary, is the closest to Swallow/Union School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Swallow/Union School.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 26% decline, from 283 to 210. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.

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