Bates

Bates is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Salem, Massachusetts, operated by Salem, educateing 410 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Salem, which oversees 11 schools and 3,831 students, Bates is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Bates records that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 36% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household income runs about $101,883, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Bates is one campus in the mix.

Thomas Carroll is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Bates operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bates has climbed 20%, going from 342 students in 2018 to 410 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 27% to 36%.

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