Paul F Doyon Memorial
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2016, while math scores have held steady.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Paul F Doyon Memorial
Paul F Doyon Memorial is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Ipswich, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Ipswich, with 366 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
Ipswich runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,563 students. Paul F Doyon Memorial is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Paul F Doyon Memorial records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.
In terms of school funding signals, Paul F Doyon Memorial lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Paul F Doyon Memorial tighter than the state norm the norm.
In the area at large, Essex County reports that median household income runs about $101,883, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Essex County runs 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), of which Paul F Doyon Memorial is one.
Ipswich High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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