Elementary · Massachusetts
Saltonstall School
Free meals for allSaltonstall School, a public elementary school in Salem, Massachusetts: grades k–8, 412 students, 13.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Salem.
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
- 412
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.2
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- Grades
- K–8
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 71% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 59% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared
Smaller than 51% 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%37%proficient
+4.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 58% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared
263 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%23%proficient
−4.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 80% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared
264 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–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Salem
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Salem.
Location
- Address
- 211 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970
- Phone
- (978)740-1297
- City or town
- Salem
- County
- Essex County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Horace Mann LaboratoryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 293 | 11.9 | 20% | 14% |
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% |
Witchcraft HeightsFree meals for all | K–5 | 455 | 13.7 | 32% | 37% |
| Pre-K–3 | 445 | 12.9 | 65% | 58% | |
BatesFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 410 | 12.5 | 34% | 40% |
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
- 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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