Best Public Schools in Zip Code 01923

ZIP code 01923 is Danvers, Massachusetts, home to eight schools — five elementary, one middle, and two high schools — with a combined listed enrollment of about 5,068 students. Seven of them belong to the Danvers district, while Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School is located in town but operates under the separate Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District. Free and reduced-lunch percentages are blank for every school, so poverty levels cannot be compared across this area.

Results vary widely. Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School is the standout for completion, with a 99.5% graduation rate and 0.2% dropout rate, and it beats the state in ELA, science, and biology while trailing in math. Danvers High improved to the 56th percentile with 3 stars, and its science and biology scores are strong even though ELA and math lag the state. Among elementaries, Willis E Thorpe leads with the best ELA and math results, while Riverside is the most improved, climbing from the 41st to the 55th percentile. Holten Richmond Middle School shines in civics at 43.32% versus the state's 39.77%, though its ELA and math are below state.

At the other end, Highlands and Great Oak are the weakest elementaries, both at the 29th percentile with 1 star, and Great Oak has fallen sharply from the 57th percentile three years ago. Notably, all five Danvers elementaries score below the state in science, including Ivan G Smith. Spending and class size do not neatly predict results: Highlands has the highest student-teacher ratio and lowest per-student spending, yet Willis E Thorpe outperforms schools with smaller classes.