Salem Early Childhood

Salem Early Childhood, a small elementary school, is located in Salem, Massachusetts. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 106 students in pre-K. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Massachusetts, enrollment here is 72% lower.

Salem Early Childhood reports to Salem, which has 11 schools and 3,831 students.

At Salem Early Childhood, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 45%. Next come 37% White, 6% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Teacher staffing is 11.5 full-time equivalents, or about 9.2 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Massachusetts have 12.2:1, compared with 9.2:1 here.

County data help place the school in context: in Essex County, the median household income is $101,883, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Essex County has 221 public schools and roughly 113,427 students.

The school nearest to Salem Early Childhood is Bentley Academy Innovation School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Salem Early Childhood is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

Salem Early Childhood had 61 students in 2020-21 and 106 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 9.2:1, from 6.8:1.

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