Ashby Elementary

Ashby Elementary is an one-room-style elementary campus in Ashby, Massachusetts, operated by North Middlesex. The school hosts 152 students in grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 60% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

North Middlesex runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,914 students. Ashby Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Ashby Elementary records that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ashby Elementary is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).

Fitchburg High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Ashby Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 184 students in 2018 compared to 152 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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