Perley Elementary

Federal records list Perley Elementary as an elementary school in Georgetown, Massachusetts. Grades offered run from pre-K, with 68 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Massachusetts is roughly 381 students; this school is 82% smaller than that.

The district, Georgetown, has 1,197 students enrolled across 4 schools.

Most students at Perley Elementary are White: 94% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 3% Hispanic. The school's White share is 26 points above the 68% share among Essex County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Perley Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.

Federal staffing data show 4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Perley Elementary and a ratio of 17.0:1. That ratio is over the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

Essex County has these Census figures: median household income is about $101,883, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Perley Elementary is among the 221 public schools in Essex County.

The nearest other public school, Georgetown High School, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Perley Elementary.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.

Perley Elementary reported 17 students in 2020-21 and 68 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.

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