Gloucester PreSchool

Gloucester PreSchool is an elementary school in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and it is part of Gloucester. The school enrolls 101 students in pre-K. On average, elementary schools in Massachusetts enroll around 381, and this school is 73% below that mark.

In Gloucester, 7 schools enroll a combined 2,838 students.

Gloucester PreSchool is 80% White by enrollment. Next come 13% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. That compares with about 68% White among all Essex County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.

A staff of 10 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is 12.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher.

For Essex County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $101,883 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Essex County number 221, with about 113,427 students.

About 0.5 miles separate Gloucester PreSchool from the closest public school, East Veterans Elementary School. The five-mile area around Gloucester PreSchool holds at least 8 other public schools.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

The school counted 66 students in 2020-21 and 101 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 10.1:1, from 8.3:1.

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