Summary:
ZIP code 08010 has three listed schools serving preschool through grade 8: Mildred Magowan Elementary School (PK–4), Samuel M. Ridgway Middle School (grades 5–8), and Beverly City School District (PK–8), with 1,342 students combined. Their 2025–2026 averages were below matching state results by 9 points in ELA, 9 in mathematics, and 10 in science. Results vary considerably by school, grade, and subject. The main takeaway is that Beverly stands out in grades 5–8 ELA, while the area’s overall averages remain below state results in all three subjects.
Beverly led Ridgway in all four shared grades of ELA, by 8.9–32.7 points, and scored above the state in each grade. In mathematics, Ridgway’s grades 5–7 results—18%, 9%, and 11%—were well below state results of 46%, 40%, and 38%. Beverly’s grade 6 score was 55%, compared with Ridgway’s 9%, a 46-point difference. Magowan’s strongest comparison was grade 4 math: its 51% was 4 points above the state and 28 points above Beverly’s 23%. Ridgway’s Algebra I end-of-course result was another bright spot at 70%, versus 40% statewide, but its grade 8 Algebra I result was 5 points below the grade-specific state result.
The average school-to-state gap narrowed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 4 points in ELA, 2 in mathematics, and 5 in science, though individual grades moved in different directions. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose from 18th to 29th for Ridgway and from 27th to 39th for Beverly; Magowan slipped from 36th to 35th. Beverly had the lowest student-teacher ratio, 9.2, and the highest free/reduced lunch eligible measure, 72% in 2024–2025; the other schools’ measures were 68% that year. These figures offer context, not an explanation for test results.
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