Summary:
Peabody, Massachusetts has 11 schools serving roughly 5,774 students — eight elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, and one alternative K–12 program — and the Peabody district as a whole ranks 266 of 351 districts statewide, in the 24th percentile with 1 star.
Among elementary schools, West Memorial (rank percentile 65), South Memorial (64), and John E Burke (58) stand out as 3-star schools scoring above the state in ELA and math and at or above the state in science. All three improved substantially: West Memorial climbed from the 49th to the 65th percentile, South Memorial from the 40th to the 64th (its science rose from 43.02 to 56.67), and Burke from the 42nd to the 58th. At the other end, Thomas Carroll, William A Welch Senior, and Captain Samuel Brown are 1-star schools below district and state levels, with Brown's science falling from 28.81 to 13.73 in a single year. Elementary averages (about 33.86 ELA, 35.69 math, 34.65 science) beat district figures, but only three of eight schools exceed the state in all core subjects.
J Henry Higgins Middle declined from the 44th to the 32nd percentile, with science dropping from 34.59 to 25.76. Peabody Veterans Memorial High outperforms district averages in every tested subject and reports a 90.7% graduation rate against the district's 83.7%, yet stays far below state proficiency. The Peabody Personalized Remote Education Program (Peabody P.R.E) serves 97 students with a 45.5% graduation rate and a 38.6% dropout rate. Spending and class size show no simple link to results: Brown has the smallest classes (9.8 ratio) and second-highest spending ($17,900) but low proficiency, while South Memorial has a 16.0 ratio and lower spending ($13,914) with top scores. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for every school.
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