NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Seekonk, MA

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

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5
Schools
2,032
Students
49.8/100
Avg Resource Index
11:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Seekonk has more public-school enrollment than 13% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Seekonk's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Seekonk schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Seekonk lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 6 to 578 students, a 96-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 87%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
86th percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

Mildred Aitken School accounts for 28.4% of all Seekonk public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Seekonk-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Seekonk school enrollment varies 96× across entities

Seekonk school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 578 students (highest), a spread of 572 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Seekonk operates one school district — a single-district system

Seekonk'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

Seekonk student-teacher ratio is 11.0:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Seekonk Transitions Academy 76
2. Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School 55
3. Seekonk High 52
4. George R Martin 35
5. Mildred Aitken School 31

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Seekonk

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 George R Martin 35.3/100
  2. 2 Mildred Aitken School 31.1/100
  3. 3 Seekonk High 30.1/100
  4. 4 Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School 29.6/100
  5. 5 Seekonk Transitions Academy 27.8/100

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Which Seekonk school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Seekonk Transitions Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Seekonk schools in this federal-data comparison at 76/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Seekonk, MA? ▼

Seekonk has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,032 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11:1.

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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.