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Enrollment
411
Middle
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 547
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARBLEHEAD·NCES 250726001789
Marblehead Veterans Middle School
217 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA 01945 · (781) 639-3120 · Essex County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Marblehead Veterans Middle School→Marblehead High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Marblehead. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
MA avg 43.8% . -4.0pp since 2016
Math
62.0%
MA avg 42.2% . -3.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
411
-78 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.1:1
% White
84%
was 89%
% Hispanic
7%
was 5%
% Black
3%
was 3%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Marblehead Veterans Middle School
Marblehead Veterans Middle School is a middle-grades school of low-enrollment scale in Marblehead, Massachusetts, overseen by Marblehead, serveing 411 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 547 students per school, that is 25% below typical.
Marblehead runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,564 students. Marblehead Veterans Middle School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Marblehead Veterans Middle School shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Marblehead Veterans Middle School logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Marblehead Veterans Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Essex County put median household income runs about $101,883, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Marblehead Veterans Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Village School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marblehead Veterans Middle School.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 411 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
813,054
Census ACS
Median income
$101,883
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
221
113,427 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marblehead
- Marblehead HighHigh · 861 students
- Village SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Lucretia and Joseph Brown SchoolElementary · 445 students
- GloverElementary · 318 students
Other schools in Marblehead
- Marblehead HighHigh · 861 students
- Village SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Lucretia and Joseph Brown SchoolElementary · 445 students
- GloverElementary · 318 students
- Marblehead Community Charter Public SchoolMiddle · 192 students
Nearby schools
- Village School0.4 mi · 529
- Lucretia and Joseph Brown School0.5 mi · 445
- Marblehead High0.6 mi · 861
- Marblehead Community Charter Public School0.8 mi · 192
- Glover1.1 mi · 318
- Saltonstall School1.9 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Marblehead Veterans Middle SchoolHow many students attend Marblehead Veterans Middle School?
Marblehead Veterans Middle School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Marblehead Veterans Middle School serve?
Marblehead Veterans Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Marblehead Veterans Middle School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Marblehead Veterans Middle School.
How diverse is Marblehead Veterans Middle School?
Marblehead Veterans Middle School reports a student body of 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Marblehead Veterans Middle School?
Marblehead Veterans Middle School is overseen by Marblehead in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.