📍 175 Orchard Street, Watertown, Middlesex County, 02472
James Russell Lowell is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Watertown, Middlesex County. The school has 355 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Watertown school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.5:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
James Russell Lowell enrolls 355 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 185 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 89 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 12% |
| Asian | 29 | 8.2% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 2.8% |
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.
James Russell Lowell is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-50, state senate district 28, state house district 146.
James Russell Lowell is one of 5 schools in Watertown, based in Watertown, Massachusetts. The district serves 2,844 students district-wide and employs 272 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 355 students, James Russell Lowell is smaller than the district average of about 569 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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