Ivan G Smith

Located at 15 Lobao Drive, in Danvers, Massachusetts, Ivan G Smith is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that caters to 389 students (grades K through 5), run under Danvers.

Danvers runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,238 students. Ivan G Smith is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ivan G Smith records that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, Essex County reports that median household income runs about $101,883, 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), Ivan G Smith is one campus in the mix.

Danvers High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Ivan G Smith operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ivan G Smith has grew 37%, going from 283 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 85% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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