📍 96 Williams Rd, Ashburnham, Worcester County, 01430
Briggs Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ashburnham, Worcester County. The school has 524 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ashburnham-Westminster school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Briggs Elementary enrolls 524 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% White, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino and 4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 456 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 4% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Briggs Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-30, state senate district 8, state house district 204.
Briggs Elementary is one of 5 schools in Ashburnham-Westminster, based in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. The district serves 2,255 students district-wide and employs 163 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 524 students, Briggs Elementary is larger than the district average of about 451 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe