NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Danvers, MA

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7 public K-12 schools in Danvers from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,238
Students
43.9/100
Avg Resource Index
12.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Danvers has more public-school enrollment than 32% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Danvers's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Danvers's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 16-point gap between Holten Richmond Middle School and Highlands shows the range hidden by Danvers's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 68%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
65th percentile
Teacher staffing
80th percentile

Danvers High accounts for 24.2% of all Danvers public-school enrollment

That concentration means Danvers-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Danvers school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities

Danvers school enrollment ranges from 291 students (lowest) to 784 students (highest), a spread of 493 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Danvers operates one school district — a single-district system

Danvers's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Danvers student-teacher ratio is 12.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Holten Richmond Middle School 52
2. Riverside 49
3. Ivan G Smith 45
4. Willis E Thorpe 43
5. Great Oak 42
6. Danvers High 40
7. Highlands 36

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Danvers

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Highlands 46.4/100
  2. 2 Great Oak 42.5/100
  3. 3 Danvers High 39.4/100
  4. 4 Ivan G Smith 39.2/100
  5. 5 Holten Richmond Middle School 38.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Danvers?

Which Danvers school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Holten Richmond Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Danvers schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Danvers, MA? ▼

Danvers has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,238 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.