Enrollment
126
Massachusetts · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Chesterfield, MA
New Hingham Regional Elementary
Federal NCES profile for New Hingham Regional Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 55/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 250001401275
👥 S:T ratio 70
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 75
📋 Attendance 47
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
New Hingham Regional Elementary earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 96% of Massachusetts schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Massachusetts schools.
- 55
- Resource Index · Higher
- 7.4:1
- small classes for Massachusetts
- 126
- students enrolled
New Hingham Regional Elementary has class sizes smaller than 96% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Chesterfield-Goshen · Massachusetts
NCES ID 250001401275 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
7.4:1
vs 12.3:1 Massachusetts avg
-40% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How New Hingham Regional Elementary compares with Massachusetts and U.S. medians
What stands out at New Hingham Regional Elementary
New Hingham Regional Elementary is a small combined-grade school in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, enrolling 126 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 7.4:1, New Hingham Regional Elementary is leaner than roughly 96% of Massachusetts schools and 40% under the state's 12.3:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 93% of Massachusetts schools, with 126 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 91% of the 1,831 Massachusetts schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Its student body is predominantly White (97% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 6/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 126 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 21.4% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
Chesterfield-Goshen operates only this one school, so New Hingham Regional Elementary has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 126 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Massachusetts's single-school districts.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How New Hingham Regional Elementary compares
New Hingham Regional Elementary on the metrics families compare, against Massachusetts and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Massachusetts | Massachusetts avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 7.4:1 | ▼ 40% | 12.3:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 126 | top 93% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
7.4:1
Leaner classes than 96% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
126
Bigger than 12% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
7.4:1
students per teacher
- 40% below state mean
Top 4% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 96% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
21.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$20,108
per pupil, district-wide
- below Massachusetts avg of $22,458
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 126 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 96.8%
Hispanic or Latino 2.4%
Two or More 0.8%
Largest group: White at 96.8% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 6.2/100
Simpson diversity index - at 6.2, New Hingham Regional Elementary is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Chesterfield-Goshen, which includes New Hingham Regional Elementary.
$20,108
Per student
-10%
vs Massachusetts
Avg $22,458
+21%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 53.0%
State 39.0%
Federal 8.0%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Massachusetts, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~126 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about New Hingham Regional Elementary
How many students attend New Hingham Regional Elementary?
New Hingham Regional Elementary has 126 students enrolled. It is a public school in Chesterfield, MA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Hingham Regional Elementary?
The student-teacher ratio at New Hingham Regional Elementary is 7.4:1, which is 40% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 53% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of New Hingham Regional Elementary?
The largest demographic group at New Hingham Regional Elementary is White at 96.8% of enrollment, in Chesterfield, MA.
What is the Resource Investment Index for New Hingham Regional Elementary?
New Hingham Regional Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 55/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is New Hingham Regional Elementary a good school?
New Hingham Regional Elementary earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 96% of Massachusetts schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Massachusetts schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Chesterfield-Goshen?
None reported; Chesterfield-Goshen operates only New Hingham Regional Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.
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