William F. Stanley Elementary School

William F. Stanley Elementary School operates as a medium-sized primary school in Waltham, Massachusetts, part of Waltham. Current enrollment sits at 381 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Waltham comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,777 students; William F. Stanley Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, William F. Stanley Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 27% White, 12% Black, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, William F. Stanley Elementary School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate median household earnings sit near $130,847, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. William F. Stanley Elementary School is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).

Nearest neighbor: C C Burr, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William F. Stanley Elementary School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. William F. Stanley Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 381). Over the same period, the White share declined from 38% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.