J Henry Higgins Middle

J Henry Higgins Middle is one of the large junior highs in Peabody, Massachusetts, operated by Peabody, with 1,320 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 547 students each, so J Henry Higgins Middle sits 141% larger than that benchmark.

Peabody comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,774 students; J Henry Higgins Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, J Henry Higgins Middle lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, J Henry Higgins Middle has 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,883 per year, 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), J Henry Higgins Middle is one campus in the mix.

Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J Henry Higgins Middle.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. J Henry Higgins Middle's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,366 (now 1,320). White enrollment moved from 77% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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