Belmonte STEAM Academy

Belmonte STEAM Academy is one of the roomy elementary campuss in Saugus, Massachusetts, part of Saugus, with 814 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Belmonte STEAM Academy sits 114% above that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Saugus (2,675 students total), Belmonte STEAM Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Belmonte STEAM Academy shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 32% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Belmonte STEAM Academy lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Belmonte STEAM Academy higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Belmonte STEAM Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pioneer Charter School of Science II, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Belmonte STEAM Academy.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.