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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 01923

At a glance

Schools

1,709

Students

Top rankedWillis E Thorpe357^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Riverside up 37 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Ivan G Smith 12 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

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Summary:

ZIP code 01923 is home to five elementary schools in the Danvers district: Ivan G Smith, Highlands, Riverside, Willis E Thorpe, and Great Oak. All serve grades K–5 except Riverside, which is PK–5. Together they enroll about 1,709 students, averaging roughly 342 per school and ranging from 291 at Great Oak to 389 at Ivan G Smith. The district overall is ranked 220 of 351 districts, at the 37th percentile with 2 stars, but individual school results vary far more than that single rating suggests.

Willis E Thorpe is the academic leader, with the highest all-grades ELA (47.14), Math (51.80), and Science (34.92), plus the top rank percentile at 60th with 3 stars. Riverside is the only school improving every year, moving from the 41st to 51st to 55th percentile, and it posts the highest 3rd-grade ELA (56.41) and 4th-grade Math (60.61). Ivan G Smith remains solid but is slipping, from the 65th to 57th to 51st percentile.

At the other end, Highlands and Great Oak both sit at the 29th percentile with 1 star. Highlands has the lowest Math (32.45) and Science (19.05), the highest student-teacher ratio (16.4), and the lowest per-student spending ($16,060). Great Oak has the lowest ELA (23.68) and the steepest decline (57th → 43rd → 29th), with 4th- and 5th-grade ELA at just 17.31 and 16.36. Notably, all five schools scored below the state in Science, a district-wide weakness worth watching.

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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)		Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	Directly certified (2024-25)	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Great Oak	Public	K-5	76 Pickering Street	Danvers	01923	Essex County	Danvers	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 774-2533	291	22	12.9	32.0%	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	100%	0%	$21,054
Highlands	Public	K-5	190 Hobart Street	Danvers	01923	Essex County	Danvers	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 774-5011	385	23	16.4	30.1%	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	98%	2%	$18,955
Ivan G Smith	Public	K-5	15 Lobao Drive	Danvers	01923	Essex County	Danvers	No	No	No	No	(978) 774-1350	389	32	12.0	22.9%	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	100%	0%	$22,154
Riverside	Public	PK, KG-5	95 Liberty Street	Danvers	01923	Essex County	Danvers	No	No	No	No	(978) 774-5010	350	27	12.7	22.3%	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	91%	6%	$20,423
Willis E Thorpe	Public	K-5	1 Avon Road	Danvers	01923	Essex County	Danvers	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 774-6946	294	21	14.1	25.5%	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	100%	0%	$21,156

Cities Near Zip Code 01923

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Danvers	0.23 mi	8	235^th
Peabody	2.35 mi	11	292^nd
Beverly	2.82 mi	8	99^th
Salem	3.17 mi	14	303^rd
Middleton	3.44 mi	2	114^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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