📍 325 Middlefield Road, Chester, Hampden County, 01011
Chester Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chester, Hampden County. The school has 125 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gateway school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Chester Elementary enrolls 125 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% White, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 119 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Chester Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-10, state senate district 4, state house district 100.
Chester Elementary is one of 4 schools in Gateway, based in Huntington, Massachusetts. The district serves 707 students district-wide and employs 83 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 125 students, Chester Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 177 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant