School district · Massachusetts
Salem
Salem in Massachusetts: 11 public schools with 3,831 students and 11.6 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $30,406 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 3,831
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- MA 11.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $30,406
- 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)
- 329
- Counselors (FTE)
- 9.9
- Students per counselor
- 388
- MA 334 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 7.6
- Librarians (FTE): 2.5
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%32%proficient
+7.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 75% of school districts in Massachusetts
Median 44% · 351 school districts compared
1,696 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%24%proficient
+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 82% of school districts in Massachusetts
Median 40% · 351 school districts compared
1,707 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.
- Federal
- 12% · $11.2M
- State
- 51% · $47.4M
- Local
- 37% · $34.4M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $18,834
- Support services
- $11,560
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $1.9M
- Long-term debt
- $1.7M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salem Early ChildhoodFree meals for all | Pre-K | 106 | 9.2 | — | — |
BatesFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 410 | 12.5 | 34% | 40% |
Bentley Academy Innovation SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 286 | 14.3 | 24% | 19% |
CarltonFree meals for all | K–5 | 247 | 10.4 | 41% | 29% |
Horace Mann LaboratoryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 293 | 11.9 | 20% | 14% |
Saltonstall SchoolFree meals for all | K–8 | 412 | 13.2 | 37% | 23% |
Witchcraft HeightsFree meals for all | K–5 | 455 | 13.7 | 32% | 37% |
Collins MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 611 | 12.6 | 33% | 21% |
New Liberty Innovation SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 36 | 8.1 | — | — |
Salem HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 952 | 9.8 | — | — |
Salem Prep High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 23 | 11.8 | — | — |
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.
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.
Sources
- Address
- 29 Highland Avenue, Salem, MA 01970
- Phone
- (978)740-1212
- 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.