Thompson

Thompson is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Arlington, Massachusetts. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 537 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Massachusetts average about 381 students.

Thompson is one school in Arlington, a system of 11 schools with 6,113 students.

Thompson is 61% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 13% Asian, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Black. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Thompson employs 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

Among Middlesex County residents, the median household income is $130,847, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thompson is one of 386 public schools in the county.

Gibbs School is the public school closest to Thompson, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment at Thompson climbed 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 479 to 537 students.

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