Edward G. Molin Elementary School
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 10 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Edward G. Molin Elementary School
Edward G. Molin Elementary School is a small elementary school in Newburyport, Massachusetts, operated by Newburyport. The school enrolls 310 students in grades 4 through 5.
Within Newburyport, which oversees 4 schools and 2,107 students, Edward G. Molin Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Edward G. Molin Elementary School shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Edward G. Molin Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Essex County put median household earnings sit near $101,883, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Edward G. Molin Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Rupert A Nock Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edward G. Molin Elementary School.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Edward G. Molin Elementary School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 310). The White share of enrollment declined from 94% to 89% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.
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