Whately Elementary

Located at 273 Long Plain Rd., in Whately, Massachusetts, Whately Elementary is a rural-scale elementary school that works with 133 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of Whately. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Whately Elementary sits 65% smaller than that benchmark.

Whately is the operating authority for Whately Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Whately Elementary shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Whately Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $74,907, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Whately Elementary is one of 36 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 8,666 students).

Sunderland Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Whately Elementary's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 140 (now 133). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.