Swampscott Middle

Swampscott Middle is a middle school located in Swampscott, Massachusetts, in Essex County. There are 654 students enrolled, covering grades 5 through 8.

Swampscott Middle sits within Swampscott, which has 6 schools and 2,819 students.

Of every 100 students at Swampscott Middle, about 76 are White. The school is also 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Swampscott Middle scores 41%.

Swampscott Middle has 60.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.9:1. It is about the same as the 11.5:1 average for middle schools in Massachusetts.

Swampscott Middle holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of Massachusetts public middle schools.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Essex County show that the median household earns about $101,883 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Essex County, 221 public schools serve about 113,427 students.

Measured in a straight line, Swampscott Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Swampscott Middle. The five-mile area around Swampscott Middle holds at least 8 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around Swampscott Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school's enrollment decreased 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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