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Elementary Schools in Peabody

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At a glance

DistrictPeabody266^th of 351 Massachusetts districtsFull district overview →

Schools

3,024

Students

Top rankedWest Memorial318^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Biggest riser

South Memorial up 69 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Captain Samuel Brown 9.8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Center

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

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Summary:

Elementary schools in Peabody, MA make up a district of Thomas Carroll, South Memorial, William A Welch Senior, John E. McCarthy, Captain Samuel Brown, John E Burke, West Memorial, and Center — eight schools serving grades PK/K–5 and enrolling 3,024 students in total. Sizes range from 645 students at Thomas Carroll, the largest, to 123 at Center, the smallest; the average school enrolls about 378 students. The Peabody district as a whole ranks 266 of 351 districts, at the 24th percentile with 1 star, but individual schools vary enormously.

Three schools stand out as the strongest: West Memorial (65th percentile, 3 stars) leads the group in ELA at 51.30% and Math at 51.72%; South Memorial (64th percentile, 3 stars) has the top Science score at 56.67%; and John E Burke (58th percentile, 3 stars) is balanced across subjects. All three exceed the state marks in ELA, Math, and Science, and all three have climbed steadily in rank over recent years — from the 40th–49th percentile range to the 58th–65th. At the other end, William A Welch Senior has the lowest ELA (21.47%) and Math (18.75%), Captain Samuel Brown the lowest Science (13.73%), and Thomas Carroll, though the largest school, remains low-performing at the 16th percentile. Together these three 1-star schools enroll 1,422 students, or 47% of the elementary total, compared with 36% in the three 3-star schools.

Science is the district's weakest subject overall, except at South Memorial. Grade-level results also swing widely within schools — South Memorial's 4th grade Math is 68.25% while its 3rd grade Math is 29.85% — which may reflect cohort effects or small class sizes. Money and class size do not simply predict outcomes: Captain Samuel Brown spends the most per student ($17,900) and has the smallest classes (9.8 students per teacher) yet scores lowest in Science, while Center, the smallest school, has the largest classes (17.5) and above-district Math and Science but low ELA. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school and spending figures are from 2020–2021, so this should be read as a snapshot.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2015)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Total
Center	Public	PK, KG-5	18 Irving Street	Peabody	01960	Essex County	Peabody	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 536-5475	123	7	17.5	37.8%	64 (52.0%)	13 (10.6%)	31 (25.2%)	9 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.9%)	32.9	608^th of 899 public elementary schools	32.4%					(n/a)	21.2	20.0	27.8	23.2	43.8	31.0	36.1	37.1	41.7	41.7	$18,540
John E Burke	Public	K-5	127 Birch Street	Peabody	01960	Essex County	Peabody	No	No	No	No	(978) 536-5400	294	27	11.0	17.5%	240 (81.6%)	9 (3.1%)	36 (12.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	57.4	376^th of 899 public elementary schools	58.2%		55.6	399^th of 906 public elementary schools	56.0%	23	37.8	51.9	38.8	43.2	24.4	61.1	57.1	48.7	42.9	42.9	$19,898
Captain Samuel Brown	Public	K-5	150 Lynn Street	Peabody	01960	Essex County	Peabody	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 536-4100	369	37	9.8	36.5%	225 (61.0%)	23 (6.2%)	83 (22.5%)	20 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.6%)	19.4	736^th of 899 public elementary schools	18.1%		27.1	660^th of 906 public elementary schools	27.2%	76	32.7	15.7	29.4	24.9	21.2	14.3	35.3	22.5	13.7	13.7	$22,387
South Memorial	Public	PK, KG-5	16 Maple St Ext	Peabody	01960	Essex County	Peabody	No	No	No	No	(978) 536-5700	506	32	16.0	32.6%	366 (72.3%)	18 (3.6%)	82 (16.2%)	11 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.5%)	63.7	325^th of 899 public elementary schools	63.8%		56.2	394^th of 906 public elementary schools	56.5%	69	38.8	55.6	45.0	46.3	29.9	68.3	55.0	50.5	56.7	56.7	$17,801
Thomas Carroll	Public	PK, KG-5	60 Northend Street	Peabody	01960	Essex County	Peabody	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 536-4200	645	46	13.9	57.3%	307 (47.6%)	36 (5.6%)	264 (40.9%)	14 (2.2%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (2.9%)	17.5	755^th of 899 public elementary schools	16.0%		19.3	751^st of 906 public elementary schools	17.1%	4	27.3	20.4	24.1	23.7	25.0	18.3	21.5	21.4	21.5	21.5	$16,954
West Memorial	Public	PK, KG-5	15 Bow Street	Peabody	01960	Essex County	Peabody	No	No	No	No	(978) 536-5850	294	21	14.1	25.7%	234 (79.6%)	11 (3.7%)	33 (11.2%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	64.3	318^th of 899 public elementary schools	64.6%		61.8	350^th of 906 public elementary schools	61.4%	32	42.1	42.9	71.4	51.3	46.2	50.0	60.0	51.7	42.9	42.9	$19,836
William A Welch Senior	Public	K-5	50 Swampscott Avenue	Peabody	01960	Essex County	Peabody	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 536-5775	408	29	13.9	72.5%	148 (36.3%)	18 (4.4%)	222 (54.4%)	6 (1.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.5%)	16.3	772^nd of 899 public elementary schools	14.1%		15.3	783^rd of 906 public elementary schools	13.6%	11	24.2	15.3	26.4	21.5	15.2	23.3	17.0	18.8	30.2	30.2	$19,289
John E. McCarthy	Public	K-5	76 Lake Street	Peabody	01960	Essex County	Peabody	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 536-5625	385	29	13.3	36.1%	170 (44.2%)	79 (20.5%)	102 (26.5%)	18 (4.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	37.6	564^th of 899 public elementary schools	37.3%		35.3	594^th of 906 public elementary schools	34.4%	30	34.0	36.4	40.4	36.8	30.2	32.7	42.6	34.8	27.7	27.7	$15,979

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Salem	1.52 mi	12	288^th
Danvers	2.35 mi	7	220^th
Lynn	2.63 mi	29	332^nd
Salem Academy Charter (District)	2.98 mi	1	197^th
Beverly	3.17 mi	8	89^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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