Summary:
Danvers, Massachusetts is home to eight schools serving students from elementary through high school: five elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools, with a combined listed enrollment of 5,068. Seven of these schools belong to the Danvers district (3,238 students), while Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School belongs to the separate Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District. Danvers is ranked 220 of 351 statewide (37th percentile, 2 stars), while the Essex district ranks 138 of 351 (61st percentile, 3 stars).
Among the standouts, Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School is the strongest overall high school, with a 99.5% graduation rate, a 0.2% dropout rate, and test scores above state in ELA, Science, and Biology, though Math (40.12) trails the state's 43.73. Willis E Thorpe is the top elementary school (60th percentile, 3 stars), leading the group in ELA at 47.14 and Math at 51.8, while Riverside has improved steadily from the 41st to the 55th percentile. Danvers High shines in Science (48.31 vs. state 40.5) with a low student-teacher ratio of 10.2, but its ELA and Math are below state.
Schools needing attention include Highlands, at the 29th percentile with the lowest Science score at 19.05, and Great Oak, which fell from the 57th to the 29th percentile with ELA at 23.68. Holten Richmond Middle School is below state in ELA and Math but above state in Civics at 43.32. Notably, all five elementary schools fall below the state Science reference of 40.98. Free/reduced-lunch data are not reported, and spending figures are from 2020–2021.
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