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Tilton

70 Grove Street, Haverhill, MA 01832 · (978) 374-3475 · Essex County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Massachusetts public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
  • CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Massachusetts public elementary schools

Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten11524%
Grade 110121%
Grade 28017%
Grade 39520%
Grade 48017%

This year's kindergarten class (115) is 44% larger than its 4th grade class (80).

Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65% · US 70%
White
12226%
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 51% · US 43%
Hispanic
30865%
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 26% · US 30%
Black
266%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 10% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
102%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
25955%
Female
21245%

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Test scores

MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
30.0%
MA avg 43.8% . +4.0pp since 2016
Math
36.0%
MA avg 42.2% . +13.0pp since 2016

What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 13 points.

MCAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2530.0%36.0%
2023-2423.0%51.0%
2022-2321.0%31.0%
2021-2233.0%38.0%
2020-2133.0%13.0%
2018-1953.0%51.0%
2017-1836.0%35.0%
2016-1726.0%23.0%
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

Where Tilton ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MassachusettsIn Essex County
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
36.0%#568 of 920
▼ 208
#62 of 111
▼ 25
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
30.0%#655 of 920
▲ 68
#74 of 111
▲ 8
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-2.5pp#264 of 901#33 of 107
Enrollment
ranked largest first
471#296 of 1,086#36 of 129
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.4:1#319 of 938#41 of 115
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
50.2%#496 of 938#35 of 115
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.3%#274 of 602#27 of 67
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
471
+97 (+26%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2547141.211.4:1N/A
2023-244463911.4:1N/A
2022-23295319.5:1N/A
2020-213742912.9:1N/A
2017-1853742.812.6:1N/A
2015-165093315.4:1N/A
2010-116254414.2:163% (396)
2000-01583N/AN/A31% (181)
1990-91609N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tilton.

Since 2017-18: students down 12% (537 to 471); teachers down 4% (42.8 to 41.2).

About Tilton

The public elementary school Tilton is located in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The school teaches kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 471 students. The school is 24% larger than the average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

District-wide, Haverhill has 16 schools and 7,940 students.

More than half of enrollment at Tilton is Hispanic: 65%. Enrollment also includes 26% White, 6% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 41 points above the 24% share among Essex County residents. The diversity index for Tilton is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Tilton has 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. Across elementary schools in Massachusetts, the average ratio is 12.2:1.

On the allk12 Grade, Tilton lands at C, ahead of 29% of Massachusetts public elementary schools.

Census data for Essex County show the median household earns about $101,883 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Essex County number 221, with about 113,427 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Silver Hill Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Tilton is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2020-21, Tilton enrolled 374 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 471. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.9:1 to 11.4:1.

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Essex County at a glance

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Population
813,054
Census ACS
Median income
$101,883
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
221
113,427 students

Quick facts

School name
Tilton
District
Haverhill
Address
70 Grove Street, Haverhill, MA 01832
Phone
(978) 374-3475
County
Essex County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–04
Total enrollment
471
Teachers (FTE)
41
Student–teacher ratio
11.4:1
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
250597000866
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Tilton
How large is Tilton?
Tilton enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Tilton serve?
Tilton serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Tilton?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Tilton.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tilton?
At Tilton, the student body is approximately 26% White, 65% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Tilton public or private?
Tilton is a public K-12 school, overseen by Haverhill.
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