School district · Massachusetts

Gloucester

Gloucester in Massachusetts: 7 public schools with 2,838 students and 11.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $26,708 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 7
Students: 2,838
Students per teacher: 11.0; MA 11.9 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $26,708; MA $26.5K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 258
Counselors (FTE): 9.0
Students per counselor: 315; MA 334 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 5.0; Librarians (FTE): 1.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Massachusetts: 42%

34%proficient

+1.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 70% of school districts in Massachusetts

Median 44% · 351 school districts compared

1,266 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

30%proficient

+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 73% of school districts in Massachusetts

Median 40% · 351 school districts compared

1,271 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$18.0K15

$17.5K16

$18.2K17

$19.1K18

$19.4K19

$20.6K20

$22.9K21

$23.0K22

$24.3K23

$26.7K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 6.2% · $6M
State: 36% · $34.4M
Local: 58% · $56.1M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $15,189
Support services: $11,519
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $15.5M
Long-term debt: $2.6M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 4Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Gloucester PreSchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K	101	10.1	—	—	Gloucester
Beeman MemorialFree meals for all	K–5	292	9.6	26%	25%	Gloucester
East Veterans Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	451	11.3	31%	30%	Gloucester
Plum Cove SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	217	13.0	45%	56%	Gloucester
West ParishFree meals for all	K–5	382	13.2	29%	31%	Gloucester
Ralph B O'Maley MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	619	11.4	37%	27%	Gloucester
Gloucester HighFree meals for all	9–12	776	10.0	—	—	Gloucester

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 2 Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978)281-9800

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.