Summary
Thomas Carroll is a PK–5 elementary school at 60 Northend Street in Peabody, Massachusetts, serving 645 students — the largest enrollment of any school in this comparison group — as part of the Peabody district, which itself ranks 266th of 351 Massachusetts districts.
On its own, the school's standing is low and has been for several years. In 2025-2026 it ranks 755th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools (16th percentile, 1 star). It was a 2-star school in the mid-2010s, fell to 1 star in 2018-2019, and has stayed in the 16th–27th percentile band ever since; the last three years have been nearly flat (757th, 751st, 755th). Proficiency sits far below both district and state: ELA 23.69% (versus 29.23% district, 40.03% state), math 21.37% (versus 30.18%, 41.11%), and science 21.52% (versus 28.45%, 40.98%). Subgroup results are more mixed than the headline number: English learner students rank in the 56th percentile (3 stars) and low-income students in the 29th percentile — both above the school's overall rank — while special education students rank in the 8th percentile (0 stars) and have for several years.
Compared with nearby schools, Carroll has the lowest per-pupil spending in the group at $12,991 (2020-2021), down from $13,647 in 2018-2019, and a student/teacher ratio of 13.9 that is competitive rather than a constraint. The most pointed comparison is Center, in the same district and spending nearly the same amount, which posts similar ELA (23.23%) but roughly 16 points higher math and 20 points higher science. William A Welch Senior, the nearest school, is slightly behind in ELA and math but well ahead in science. Math is Carroll's clearest area of decline, falling every year on record from 27.96% (2022-2023) to 21.37%, and its 4th-grade math figure is the lowest among the eleven schools compared. Meanwhile, Beverly's Ayers/Ryal Side records the group's strongest results on the second-lowest spending, showing that spending alone does not predict outcomes here.
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