Dr John C Page School

Dr John C Page School operates as a moderately sized primary school in West Newbury, Massachusetts, overseen by Pentucket. Current enrollment sits at 327 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Pentucket comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,238 students; Dr John C Page School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Dr John C Page School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,883 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Dr John C Page School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Helen R Donaghue School, around 2.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr John C Page School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr John C Page School has contracted 4%, going from 341 students in 2018 to 327 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 6% across the same window.

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