Zervas

As a mid-tier elementary school in Waban, Massachusetts, Zervas caters to 399 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Newton.

Newton comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 11,632 students; Zervas is among them.

On the student-mix side, Zervas reports that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Asian, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, On paper, Zervas has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the area at large, Middlesex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Zervas is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).

An E Angier is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Zervas.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Zervas's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 407 (now 399). The White share of enrollment decreased from 58% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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