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Peabody Schools
Peabody is a public school district in Massachusetts, based in Essex County (Peabody). SchoolGrade grades 11 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Peabody 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 Peabody
10 of 11 schools in Peabody carry a SchoolGrade (1 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
B: 2C: 2D: 6
Best schools in Peabody
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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.
- B West Memorial (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- B- John E Burke (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- C+ South Memorial (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- C- J Henry Higgins Middle (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D+ John E Mccarthy (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D+ Captain Samuel Brown (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D+ Peabody Veterans Memorial High (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D Thomas Carroll (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- D William A Welch SR (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D Peabody Personalized Remote Education Program (Other school, underperforms expectations)
Every school in Peabody
All schools, A to Z (11)
- D+ Captain Samuel Brown, Peabody
- Center, Peabody
- C- J Henry Higgins Middle, Peabody
- B- John E Burke, Peabody
- D+ John E Mccarthy, Peabody
- D Peabody Personalized Remote Education Program, Peabody
- D+ Peabody Veterans Memorial High, Peabody
- C+ South Memorial, Peabody
- D Thomas Carroll, Peabody
- B West Memorial, Peabody
- D William A Welch SR, Peabody
Where Peabody schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Peabody (11)
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: 5,832 students with 479 full-time-equivalent teachers and 823 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2509360
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
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Questions about Peabody
How many schools are in Peabody?
SchoolGrade grades 11 public schools in Peabody, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Peabody serve?
The largest by graded schools: Peabody.
How good are the schools in Peabody?
Across the 10 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C-, with 30.8% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 37.2%. 30% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Peabody?
5,832 students were enrolled in Peabody in the 2023-24 school year, about 12.2 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Peabody?
Peabody is in Massachusetts, based in Essex County, with its district office in Peabody. Its boundary covers about 16.3 sq mi.