Summary:
ZIP code 01930 covers Gloucester, Massachusetts, where six schools serve students from elementary through high school: four elementary schools (East Veterans Elementary School, West Parish, Beeman Memorial, and Plum Cove School), one middle school (Ralph B O'Maley Middle), and one high school (Gloucester High), all within the Gloucester district. Together they enroll 2,737 students — 1,342 in elementary schools (49.0%), 776 at the high school (28.4%), and 619 at the middle school (22.6%). As a district, Gloucester ranks 259 of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 26th percentile with 1 star, so several individual schools outperform the district while most still trail the state.
Plum Cove School is the clear standout: the only 3-star school here, ranked 384 of 899 elementary schools (57th percentile), and the only one above the state in all three core subjects — ELA 45.45% vs. state 40.03%, Math 42.42% vs. 41.11%, and Science 45.71% vs. 40.98%. Among secondary schools, Gloucester High is strongest at 216 of 353 high schools (39th percentile, 2 stars), with 10th grade Math at 42.37%, only 1.36 points below the state. Ralph B O'Maley Middle (47th percentile, 2 stars) has improved steadily from the 41st to the 47th percentile, and its 7th grade ELA score of 40.63% edges above the state's 39.91%.
The weakest results are at East Veterans Elementary School (27th percentile, 1 star), the largest elementary school, and Beeman Memorial (24th percentile, 1 star), which has the lowest Math in the group at 22.08% despite the smallest classes (9.5 students per teacher). West Parish shows an unusual split: Science of 48.39%, well above district and state, but the lowest elementary ELA at 28.02%. Note that free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, spending figures are from 2020–2021, and small enrollments make year-to-year scores volatile.
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