📍 81 High Street, Norwell, Plymouth County, 02061
Grace Farrar Cole is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Norwell, Plymouth County. The school has 522 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Norwell school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 65% of students are proficient in reading. 58% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Grace Farrar Cole enrolls 522 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 6.3% Two or more races and 3.3% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 459 | 88% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 17 | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 1.3% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.1% |
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.
Grace Farrar Cole is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 34, state house district 176.
Grace Farrar Cole is one of 4 schools in Norwell, based in Norwell, Massachusetts. The district serves 2,194 students district-wide and employs 165 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 522 students, Grace Farrar Cole is close to the district average of about 549 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large