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Salem School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12

Serves Salem.

Salem’s School Grade D better than 12% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
3,831
Schools
11
Spent per student
$27,232
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
12:1
The gist

What stands out about Salem School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 12% of Massachusetts districts
  • Math proficiency 21 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 17 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 8 pts below the state
  • 12 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 12% of the 394 Massachusetts school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
D
GraduationFour-year graduation well below the state, class of 2023
D
The town it serves, and its School Grade
DSalem 45,381

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Salem. Grade by grade →

PK–56 elementary schoolsThis district
6–82 middle schoolsThis district
9–123 high schoolsThis district

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency20%
State average 40.7% · 1,885 students tested
Reading / language arts27%
State average 43.7% · 1,894 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)81%
State average 89.2% · 248 in the class

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$27,232 per student · 3% above MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 58%Support & administration 42%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 37%State 51%Federal 12%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
3,734’20
3,665’21
3,709’22
3,811’23
3,831’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 48%White 38%Black 7%Two or more races 4%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

11 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools.

Bates
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Salem
C−
410 students13:1
Horace Mann Laboratory
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Salem
C−
293 students12:1
Bentley Academy Innovation School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Salem
D
286 students14:1
Salem Early Childhood
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Salem
106 students9:1
Witchcraft Heights
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Salem
C−
455 students14:1
Saltonstall School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Salem
C
412 students13:1
Carlton
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Salem
C
247 students10:1
Collins Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Salem
C−
611 students13:1
Salem High
High · Grades 9–12 · Salem
B−
952 students10:1
New Liberty Innovation School
High · Grades 9–12 · Salem
36 students8:1
Salem Prep High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Salem
23 students12:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Beverly School DistrictBeverly
$20,325per student
Danvers School DistrictDanvers
$22,191per student
Marblehead School DistrictMarblehead
$23,212per student
Peabody School DistrictPeabody
$21,334per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Massachusetts.