Salisbury Elementary

Salisbury Elementary operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in Salisbury, Massachusetts, run under Triton. Current enrollment sits at 386 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Salisbury Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Triton, a district that caters to 2,074 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Salisbury Elementary logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the resource side, On paper, Salisbury Elementary has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Salisbury Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, 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%. In all, Essex County runs 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), of which Salisbury Elementary is one.

Seabrook Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 528 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 5% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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