Summary:
Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School is the only high school in the Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District, serving grades 9–12 to 1,830 students at 565 Maple Street in Danvers, Massachusetts, and because the district has just one high school, the school's results are also the district's results.
Graduation outcomes here are exceptional: 99.5% of students graduated in 2024–2025 while the dropout rate was only 0.2%. Academically, the school performed above the state in English Language Arts, Science, and Biology in 2025–2026. Tenth grade ELA was 52.43% proficient versus 45.48% statewide, Science was 42.67% versus 40.5%, and Biology End of Course was 48.55% versus 37.68% — a nearly 11-point advantage. Mathematics is the one clear weakness, scoring below the state in both years shown: 43.08% versus 44.6% in 2024–2025, and 40.12% versus 43.73% in 2025–2026, with the gap widening from −1.52 points to −3.61 points. Parents should also know that 10th grade scores declined across ELA, Math, and Science year over year, with ELA dropping the most, from 63.96% to 52.43%, though it stayed above the state average.
In rankings, the district sits above the middle of Massachusetts high schools — 138 of 351, the 61st percentile, 3 stars — with the 2025–2026 rank history showing 128 of 353, the 64th percentile, 3 stars, slightly improved from 2024–2025 but still below its 2023–2024 position. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 12.7 in 2024–2025, per-student spending was $20,408 in 2020–2021 (the only year provided), and the free/reduced-lunch percentage is not reported, so it is unknown rather than zero.
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