Danvers High

Danvers High is a high school of moderately sized scale in Danvers, Massachusetts, operated by Danvers, hosting 784 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Danvers, which oversees 7 schools and 3,238 students, Danvers High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Danvers High logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Danvers High tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Essex County) shows that 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), Danvers High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Willis E Thorpe, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Danvers High.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 941 students in 2018 compared to 784 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 88% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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