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Charles C Cashman Elementary
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 5 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Charles C Cashman Elementary
Charles C Cashman Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community in Amesbury, Massachusetts, run under Amesbury. The school teaches 413 students in grades 3 through 5.
Within Amesbury, which oversees 5 schools and 1,793 students, Charles C Cashman Elementary is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Charles C Cashman Elementary logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Charles C Cashman Elementary has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.
In the broader community, Essex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,883 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Charles C Cashman Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Shay Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles C Cashman Elementary.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Charles C Cashman Elementary's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 443 (now 413). Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 15% across the same window.
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