Atkinson

Atkinson, located in North Andover, Massachusetts, is a low-enrollment elementary school. A federal count lists 274 students at the school, in grades 1 through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Massachusetts) has about 381 students.

Atkinson is part of a district of 8 schools: North Andover, with 4,416 students.

Atkinson is 55% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 68% of Essex County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Dividing enrollment by its 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Massachusetts average 12.2:1.

The allk12 Grade for Atkinson is D. Compared with Massachusetts public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

Essex County has these Census figures: the median household income is $101,883, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Essex County has 221 public schools and roughly 113,427 students.

The next-closest public school is Anne Bradstreet Early Childhood Center, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal data show a 15% enrollment decrease, from 323 in 2020-21 to 274 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2020-21 to 11.6:1 in 2024-25.

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