📍 1 School Street, Wenham, Essex County, 01984
Bessie Buker Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wenham, Essex County. The school has 265 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hamilton-Wenham school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bessie Buker Elementary enrolls 265 students across grades K–5. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 6% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 214 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 11% |
| Asian | 16 | 6% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.5% |
| Black or African American | 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.
Bessie Buker 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 86.
Bessie Buker Elementary is one of 5 schools in Hamilton-Wenham, based in Wenham, Massachusetts. The district serves 1,669 students district-wide and employs 147 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 265 students, Bessie Buker Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 334 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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