Comprehensive Grammar School

Comprehensive Grammar School is one of the well-populated K-5 schools in Methuen, Massachusetts, operated by Methuen, with 1,046 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Comprehensive Grammar School sits 175% larger than that benchmark.

Methuen runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 6,464 students. Comprehensive Grammar School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Comprehensive Grammar School shows that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 33% White, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Comprehensive Grammar School has 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Comprehensive Grammar School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Methuen High, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Comprehensive Grammar School has ticked down 3%, going from 1,081 students in 2018 to 1,046 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 55% to 33%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Comprehensive Grammar School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.