Summary:
ZIP code 01929 has one public school in this data: Essex Elementary, a K–5 elementary school with 215 students in the Manchester Essex Regional district. The area summary lists no middle, high, or alternative public schools here, so families in this ZIP are served by a single elementary campus in Essex. The district is ranked 61 of 351 districts, in the 83rd percentile, with 4 stars.
Essex Elementary is strongest in math. In 2025–2026, all-grade math proficiency was 59.62%, above the district’s 55.53% and the state’s 41.11%. It also exceeded the state in ELA (53.4% vs. 40.03%) and science (48.65% vs. 40.98%), though it trailed district results in ELA (59.77%) and science (52.25%). Grade-level results show the clearest concern in 5th grade, where the school was below the district by 13.40 points in ELA, 14.55 points in math, and 12.98 points in science; 5th-grade math (39.47%) was essentially tied with the state (39.5%).
Looking at trends, the school improved in ELA (+5.07 points) and math (+8.79 points) year over year, while science declined (−7.87 points), still remaining above the state. Its rank rose from 293rd of 916 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 236th of 899 (74th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026. The student-teacher ratio was 9.6 in 2024–2025, and spending per student was $24,199 in 2020–2021. Free/reduced lunch data is not available, and with only 215 students, grade-level results may reflect small cohorts and year-to-year fluctuation.
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