Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial is an elementary school located in Gloucester, Massachusetts, serving 216 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Gloucester school district, which is ranked 240 out of 356 districts in Massachusetts and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Veterans Memorial has a more diverse student population compared to some nearby schools, with a higher percentage of Hispanic (25%) and African American (5.09%) students, the school consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of Massachusetts elementary schools, with a ranking between 725 and 834 out of around 930-940 schools over the past several years. Its performance on MCAS Next Generation assessments is also significantly below the Gloucester district and Massachusetts state averages across all grades and subjects. Interestingly, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 8.5 and spends around $21,600 per student, which is higher than the nearby schools.

Comparing Veterans Memorial to its higher-performing neighbors, such as Plum Cove School, West Parish, and Beeman Memorial, provides valuable insights. These nearby schools generally perform better academically, with higher rankings and better MCAS proficiency rates. Despite the higher spending per student and lower student-teacher ratio at Veterans Memorial, the school's academic performance is still lagging behind, suggesting that factors beyond just funding and staffing may be contributing to the low performance, particularly for its Hispanic and other underperforming subgroups.