Pentucket Lake Elementary

Pentucket Lake Elementary is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Haverhill, Massachusetts, operated by Haverhill, teacheing 527 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 38% bigger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Haverhill comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 7,940 students; Pentucket Lake Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Pentucket Lake Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 36% White, 8% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pentucket Lake Elementary has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Essex County shows 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), Pentucket Lake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is John G Whittier, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Pentucket Lake Elementary's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 527). White enrollment moved from 47% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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