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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 01930

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Schools

1,342

Students

Top rankedPlum Cove School384^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Beeman Memorial up 45 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 01930 is home to four elementary schools — East Veterans Elementary School, West Parish, Beeman Memorial, and Plum Cove School — all part of the Gloucester district and all serving grades K–5. Together they enroll 1,342 students, from 217 at Plum Cove to 451 at East Veterans. The district as a whole ranks 259 of 351 in Massachusetts, in the 26th percentile, with 1 star. Free and reduced-lunch data is unavailable for all four schools in this extract, and East Veterans has no reported per-student spending figure.

Plum Cove is the standout. It holds the highest rank of the four each year and the only 3-star ratings, and in 2025–26 it was the only school above the state in all-grade ELA (45.45% vs 40.03%), math (42.42% vs 41.11%), and science (45.71% vs 40.98%). West Parish’s bright spot is science: 48.39% in 2025–26, above both district and state. Beeman Memorial ranks lowest — 24th percentile with 1 star in 2025–26 — with all-grade math at 22.08%, far below state. East Veterans, the largest school, has slipped each year from the 35th to the 27th percentile, with all-grade scores below district and state.

Math is the shared weakness: only Plum Cove exceeded the state math average in 2025–26, and only by 1.31 points. Third-grade math was below state at every school, with even the best result well short of the 42.19% state figure. Grade-level results swing sharply — Plum Cove posted both the highest 4th-grade math (59.52%) and lowest 3rd-grade math (13.64%). Student-teacher ratios don’t track outcomes: Beeman has the smallest ratio at 9.5 but the weakest results, while West Parish has the largest at 13.1 yet strong science.

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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
Beeman Memorial	Public	K-5	138 Cherry Street	Gloucester	01930	Essex County	Gloucester	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 281-9825	292	31	9.5	53.1%	184 (63.0%)	9 (3.1%)	83 (28.4%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	24.3	685^th of 899 public elementary schools	23.8%		20.6	730^th of 906 public elementary schools	19.4%	45	34.0	25.5	31.4	30.1	23.9	26.3	15.7	22.1	31.4	31.4	91%	0%	$23,264
West Parish	Public	K-5	10 Concord Street	Gloucester	01930	Essex County	Gloucester	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 281-9835	382	29	13.1	34.6%	322 (84.3%)	3 (0.8%)	30 (7.9%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	19 (5.0%)	33.2	604^th of 899 public elementary schools	32.8%		31.9	617^th of 906 public elementary schools	31.9%	13	36.7	18.3	29.0	28.0	23.3	25.0	41.9	30.2	48.4	48.4	82%	4%	$22,824
Plum Cove School	Public	K-5	15 Hickory Street	Gloucester	01930	Essex County	Gloucester	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 282-3030	217	17	12.9	29.0%	184 (84.8%)	4 (1.8%)	13 (6.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.5%)	56.9	384^th of 899 public elementary schools	57.3%		66	320^th of 906 public elementary schools	64.7%	64	36.4	52.4	42.9	45.5	13.6	59.5	40.0	42.4	45.7	45.7	100%	0%	$23,141
East Veterans Elementary School	Public	K-5	11 Webster Street	Gloucester	01930	Essex County	Gloucester	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(978) 281-9820	451	40	11.2	54.3%	282 (62.5%)	17 (3.8%)	115 (25.5%)	10 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (5.5%)	26.5	653^rd of 899 public elementary schools	27.4%		30.1	635^th of 906 public elementary schools	29.9%	18	33.3	31.9	26.5	30.6	25.7	32.4	22.1	26.7	27.9	27.9	97%	0%	$22,918

Cities Near Zip Code 01930

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gloucester	0.71 mi	7	283^rd
Rockport	4.13 mi	2	209^th
Manchester	5.16 mi	3	56^th
Essex	5.28 mi	1	98^th
South Hamilton	8.17 mi	4	38^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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