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Alma del Mar Charter School, New Bedford, MA

Charter schoolAlma del Mar Charter School is a public elementary school in New Bedford, part of Alma del Mar Charter School. It enrolled 1,042 students in 2024-25, with 11.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,042
Teachers (FTE)
93.0
Students per teacher
11.2
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 11.2. The Massachusetts average across schools is 12.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.2
District11.2
Massachusetts12.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
515 Belleville Ave, New Bedford, MA 02746
Phone
(774)206-6827
District
Alma del Mar Charter School
County
Bristol County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
250052502708
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
788Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in New Bedford

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.