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Pentucket Schools
Pentucket is a public school district in Massachusetts, based in Essex County (West Newbury). SchoolGrade grades 6 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Pentucket 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 Pentucket
5 of 6 schools in Pentucket carry a SchoolGrade (1 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 2B: 3
Best schools in Pentucket
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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- Dr John C Page School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A- Pentucket Regional SR High (High school, meets expectations)
- B Elmer S Bagnall Groveland (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- B- Helen R Donaghue School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- B- Pentucket Regional Middle (Middle school, meets expectations)
Every school in Pentucket
All schools, A to Z (6)
- Dr Frederick N Sweetsir, Merrimac
- A- Dr John C Page School, West Newbury
- B Elmer S Bagnall Groveland, Groveland
- B- Helen R Donaghue School, Merrimac
- B- Pentucket Regional Middle, West Newbury
- A- Pentucket Regional SR High, West Newbury
Where Pentucket schools are
Cities and towns served (3)
- West Newbury (3)
- Merrimac (2)
- Groveland (1)
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: 2,225 students with 184 full-time-equivalent teachers and 336 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2509450
- 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
- Amesbury (5 schools, 4 mi)
- Georgetown (4 schools, 5 mi)
- Haverhill (16 schools, 5 mi)
- Newburyport (4 schools, 5 mi)
- Triton (5 schools, 6 mi)
- North Andover (8 schools, 10 mi)
- Methuen (5 schools, 10 mi)
- Ipswich (4 schools, 10 mi)
Questions about Pentucket
How many schools are in Pentucket?
SchoolGrade grades 6 public schools in Pentucket, across 3 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Pentucket serve?
The largest by graded schools: West Newbury, Merrimac, Groveland.
How good are the schools in Pentucket?
Across the 5 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is B+, with 53.8% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 50.6%. 100% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Pentucket?
2,225 students were enrolled in Pentucket in the 2023-24 school year, about 12.1 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Pentucket?
Pentucket is in Massachusetts, based in Essex County, with its district office in West Newbury. Its boundary covers about 30.8 sq mi.