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Gloucester Schools
Gloucester is a public school district in Massachusetts, based in Essex County (Gloucester). SchoolGrade grades 8 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Gloucester on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Gloucester
5 of 8 schools in Gloucester carry a SchoolGrade (3 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 1C: 3D: 1
Best schools in Gloucester
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A- Plum Cove School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C Gloucester High (High school, meets expectations)
- C- West Parish (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- C- Ralph B Omaley Middle (Middle school, meets expectations)
- D Beeman Memorial (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
Every school in Gloucester
All schools, A to Z (8)
- D Beeman Memorial, Gloucester
- East Gloucester Elementary, Gloucester
- C Gloucester High, Gloucester
- Gloucester Preschool, Gloucester
- A- Plum Cove School, Gloucester
- C- Ralph B Omaley Middle, Gloucester
- Veterans Memorial, Gloucester
- C- West Parish, Gloucester
Where Gloucester schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Gloucester (8)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Massachusetts
- County: Essex County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 2,862 students with 267 full-time-equivalent teachers and 515 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2505280
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Manchester Essex Regional (4 schools, 4 mi)
- Rockport (3 schools, 5 mi)
- Ipswich (4 schools, 9 mi)
- Hamilton-Wenham (5 schools, 9 mi)
- Beverly (8 schools, 10 mi)
- Marblehead (5 schools, 12 mi)
- Danvers (7 schools, 14 mi)
- Salem (11 schools, 14 mi)
Questions about Gloucester
How many schools are in Gloucester?
SchoolGrade grades 8 public schools in Gloucester, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Gloucester serve?
The largest by graded schools: Gloucester.
How good are the schools in Gloucester?
Across the 5 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C, with 38.2% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 40.6%. 60% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Gloucester?
2,862 students were enrolled in Gloucester in the 2023-24 school year, about 10.7 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Gloucester?
Gloucester is in Massachusetts, based in Essex County, with its district office in Gloucester. Its boundary covers about 26.2 sq mi.