Carlton

Carlton operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in Salem, Massachusetts, run under Salem. Current enrollment sits at 247 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Carlton sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.

Salem runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 3,831 students. Carlton is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Carlton logs that 55% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Carlton tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household earnings sit near $101,883, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Carlton is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Salem Early Childhood, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carlton.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 252 students in 2018 compared to 247 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 55% across the same window.

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