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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	Distance	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
Highlands	0.0mi	Public	K-5	190 Hobart Street	Danvers	01923	Essex County	Danvers	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 774-5011	385	23	16.4	27.7%	272 (70.6%)	28 (7.3%)	68 (17.7%)	10 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	29.1	635^th of 899 public elementary schools	29.4%		33.9	604^th of 906 public elementary schools	33.3%	31	44.1	21.2	27.0	30.3	32.2	36.4	28.6	32.5	19.1	19.1	$17,780
Great Oak	0.7mi	Public	K-5	76 Pickering Street	Danvers	01923	Essex County	Danvers	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 774-2533	291	22	12.9	21.3%	216 (74.2%)	20 (6.9%)	39 (13.4%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	28.5	642^nd of 899 public elementary schools	28.6%		44.4	513^th of 906 public elementary schools	43.4%	129	40.0	17.3	16.4	23.7	40.0	39.2	29.1	35.8	25.5	25.5	$18,902
Ivan G Smith	1.6mi	Public	K-5	15 Lobao Drive	Danvers	01923	Essex County	Danvers	No	No	No	No	(978) 774-1350	389	32	12.0	21.6%	298 (76.6%)	30 (7.7%)	47 (12.1%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	52	437^th of 899 public elementary schools	51.4%		56.9	387^th of 906 public elementary schools	57.3%	50	53.0	39.7	37.0	43.2	57.6	43.1	37.0	45.7	30.6	30.6	$18,852
Riverside	1.8mi	Public	PK, KG-5	95 Liberty Street	Danvers	01923	Essex County	Danvers	No	No	No	No	(978) 774-5010	350	27	12.7	26.2%	289 (82.6%)	10 (2.9%)	39 (11.1%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	54.8	405^th of 899 public elementary schools	54.9%		51.1	442^nd of 906 public elementary schools	51.2%	37	56.4	42.4	35.0	44.6	38.5	60.6	43.9	46.9	34.2	34.2	$21,215
Willis E Thorpe	2.1mi	Public	K-5	1 Avon Road	Danvers	01923	Essex County	Danvers	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 774-6946	294	21	14.1	21.1%	253 (86.1%)	6 (2.0%)	31 (10.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	60.1	357^th of 899 public elementary schools	60.3%		63.1	338^th of 906 public elementary schools	62.7%	19	46.7	50.0	46.0	47.1	40.9	59.4	55.6	51.8	34.9	34.9	$18,174
Center	2.5mi	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. McCarthy	2.8mi	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
Fuller Meadow	2.9mi	Public	K-2	143 South Main Street	Middleton	01949	Essex County	Middleton	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 750-4756	269	30	9.0	8.6%	227 (84.4%)	4 (1.5%)	18 (6.7%)	8 (3.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.7%)								(n/a)											$23,417
West Memorial	3.0mi	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
Thomas Carroll	3.1mi	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

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