Ayers/Ryal Side School

Located at 40 Woodland Avenue, in Beverly, Massachusetts, Ayers/Ryal Side School is a moderately sized elementary campus that hosts 388 students (grades K through 4), one of the schools within Beverly.

Across the 8 schools in Beverly (4,503 students total), Ayers/Ryal Side School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Ayers/Ryal Side School logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the area at large, census data for Essex County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,883 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Ayers/Ryal Side School is one of 221 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students).

McKeown School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ayers/Ryal Side School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Ayers/Ryal Side School's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 501 (now 388). White enrollment moved from 77% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Ayers/Ryal Side School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.