Amesbury Middle

Amesbury Middle operates as a tight-knit 6-8 campus in Amesbury, Massachusetts, overseen by Amesbury. Current enrollment sits at 364 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% leaner than the state mean of about 547.

Amesbury Middle is one of 5 schools operated by Amesbury, a district that hosts 1,793 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Amesbury Middle reports that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Essex County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,883 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Amesbury Middle is one of 221 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students).

The closest other public school is Amesbury Innovation High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Amesbury Middle has edged down 46%, going from 677 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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