Elementary · Massachusetts

Great Oak

Free meals for all

Great Oak, a public elementary school in Danvers, Massachusetts: grades k–5, 291 students, 13.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Danvers.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 291
Teachers (FTE): 22.4
Students per teacher: 13.0
Grades: K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 72% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

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

−6.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 63% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

39%proficient

−22.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 56% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared

155 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.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Danvers

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Danvers.

Location

Address: 76 Pickering Street, Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: (978)774-2533
City or town: Danvers
County: Essex County

Website Quality of life in Danvers Schools in Danvers

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
HighlandsFree meals for all	K–5	385	16.5	34%	34%	0.7 mi
Ivan G Smith	K–5	389	12.0	43%	47%	1.2 mi
Riverside	Pre-K–5	350	12.8	43%	48%	1.4 mi
Willis E Thorpe	K–5	294	14.1	46%	55%	1.5 mi
Thomas CarrollFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	645	14.0	25%	23%	3.1 mi
Fuller Meadow	K–2	269	9.1	—	—	3.2 mi

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

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).
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.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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