📍 12 Story Street, Essex, Essex County, 01929
Essex Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Essex, Essex County. The school has 231 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Manchester Essex Regional school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Essex Elementary enrolls 231 students across grades K–5. The student body is 42% male and 58% female. A teaching staff of 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% White, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 217 | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 3.5% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Essex Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-60, state senate district 20, state house district 87.
Essex Elementary is one of 4 schools in Manchester Essex Regional, based in Manchester, Massachusetts. The district serves 1,190 students district-wide and employs 122 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 231 students, Essex Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 298 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large