NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Haverhill, MA

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

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17
Schools
9,225
Students
39.5/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Haverhill has more public-school enrollment than 78% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Haverhill sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

11 of Haverhill's 17 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 38-point gap between Moody and Moody Preschool Extension shows the range hidden by Haverhill'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 22%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
43rd percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Haverhill High accounts for 20.8% of all Haverhill public-school enrollment

That concentration means Haverhill-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

Haverhill school enrollment varies 43× across entities

Haverhill school enrollment ranges from 45 students (lowest) to 1,922 students (highest), a spread of 1,877 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Haverhill student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — 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. Moody 59
2. Haverhill High 51
3. Whittier Regional Vocational 50
4. Bartlett School and Assessment Center 48
5. Caleb Dustin Hunking School 43
6. Dr Paul Nettle 42
7. Tilton Upper Middle School 40
8. Pentucket Lake Elementary 38
9. Tilton 38
10. Silver Hill Elementary School 37
11. Consentino Middle School 36
12. John G Whittier 36
13. Golden Hill 34
14. Gateway Academy 34
15. Hill View Montessori Charter Public School 33
16. Walnut Square 31
17. Moody Preschool Extension 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Haverhill

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 Hill View Montessori Charter Public School 61.9/100
  2. 2 Bartlett School and Assessment Center 61.6/100
  3. 3 Moody 61.2/100
  4. 4 Moody Preschool Extension 60.5/100
  5. 5 Walnut Square 59.5/100

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Which Haverhill school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Moody has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Haverhill schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Haverhill, MA? ▼

Haverhill has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,225 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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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.