East Gloucester Elementary
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Test scores
MCAS 2022-23 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 46 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 17 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 59.0% |
| 2020-21 | 58.0% | 48.0% |
| 2018-19 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
| 2017-18 | 65.0% | 53.0% |
| 2016-17 | 56.0% | 43.0% |
5-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2022-23Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 181 | 19.4 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 20 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 215 | 18.7 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 20 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 17 | 15.4:1 | 34% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 237 | N/A | N/A | 14% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (215 to 181); teachers up 4% (18.7 to 19.4).
About East Gloucester Elementary
East Gloucester Elementary, located in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is a public school.
Gloucester counts 7 schools and 2,838 students, including East Gloucester Elementary.
At East Gloucester Elementary, the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.3:1. The school's 9.3:1 compares with an average of 10.1:1 for combined schools in Massachusetts.
Looking at the county, Essex County, the median household earns about $101,883 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Essex County has 221 public schools with about 113,427 students, including East Gloucester Elementary.
East Gloucester Elementary's nearest public school is East Veterans Elementary School (about 0.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
NCES describes the area around East Gloucester Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 5 years, enrollment decreased by 34 students, from 215 to 181. The largest shift in the student mix was in the White share, which fell from 87% to 80%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.5:1; by 2022-23 it was 9.3:1.
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