NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Attleboro, MA

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12 public K-12 schools in Attleboro from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
6,239
Students
29.8/100
Avg Resource Index
18.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Attleboro has more public-school enrollment than 65% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Attleboro's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

8 of Attleboro's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Attleboro Community Academy and Early Learning Center shows the range hidden by Attleboro's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 35%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
12th percentile
Teacher staffing
25th percentile

Attleboro High accounts for 32.5% of all Attleboro public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Attleboro-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Attleboro school enrollment varies 52× across entities

Attleboro school enrollment ranges from 39 students (lowest) to 2,030 students (highest), a spread of 1,991 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Attleboro operates one school district — a single-district system

Attleboro's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Attleboro student-teacher ratio is 18.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Attleboro Community Academy 39
2. Attleboro High 38
3. Attleboro Virtual Academy 38
4. Robert J. Coelho Middle School 34
5. Hill-Roberts Elementary School 34
6. Peter Thacher Elementary School 33
7. A. Irvin Studley Elementary School 33
8. Wamsutta Middle School 25
9. Hyman Fine Elementary School 24
10. Thomas Willett Elementary School 23
11. Cyril K. Brennan Middle School 21
12. Early Learning Center 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Attleboro

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Early Learning Center 66.0/100
  2. 2 Peter Thacher Elementary School 63.5/100
  3. 3 Cyril K. Brennan Middle School 62.4/100
  4. 4 Attleboro High 62.1/100
  5. 5 Hyman Fine Elementary School 61.9/100

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Which Attleboro school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Attleboro Community Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Attleboro schools in this federal-data comparison at 39/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Attleboro, MA? ▼

Attleboro has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,239 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.