Public schools in Marblehead, MA

Marblehead has 6 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 3 middle, 2 elementary, enrolling 2,756 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Marblehead Public Schools runs 5 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run Marblehead's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in MarbleheadDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Marblehead Public Schools52,672$22,906
Marblehead Community Charter Public School1224$22,183

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Marblehead, 861 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Marblehead High86110.7not reportedMarblehead Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Marblehead, 1,132 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 elementary schools in Marblehead, 763 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lucretia and Joseph Brown School44512.9not reportedMarblehead Public Schools
Glover31813.3not reportedMarblehead Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Marblehead's public schools compare with Massachusetts's

The median Marblehead school has 11.5 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Massachusetts median of 11.8. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 44% across the state. Its median school enrolls 428 students (state 417).

Marblehead against Massachusetts, schools open in 2024-25 with students
MarbleheadMassachusetts
Median students per teacher11.511.8
Median school size (students)428417
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%44%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%63%
Charter schools17%4.0%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 6 Marblehead schools and the 1,793 Massachusetts schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Marblehead

  1. Marblehead Public SchoolsRuns 5 of Marblehead's 6 public schools and spent $22,906 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,906
  2. Marblehead High, the largest high school in Marblehead861 students in 2024-25, 10.7 per teacher.861
  3. Compare Marblehead Public Schools with Marblehead Community Charter Public SchoolMarblehead's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MassachusettsMassachusetts's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Marblehead addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Massachusetts

  1. Springfield71 schools
  2. Worcester48 schools
  3. Dorchester29 schools
  4. Lawrence29 schools
  5. Lowell29 schools
  6. Lynn28 schools
  7. New Bedford27 schools
  8. Brockton24 schools

Questions about schools in Marblehead

  1. How many public schools are in Marblehead, MA?
    6 public schools with an address in Marblehead were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 3 middle, 2 elementary, enrolling 2,756 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Marblehead?
    Marblehead High, with 861 students in 2024-25 (Marblehead Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Marblehead's schools?
    Marblehead Public Schools (5 schools), Marblehead Community Charter Public School (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25