Elementary · Massachusetts

William A Welch Sr

Free meals for all

William A Welch Sr, a public elementary school in Peabody, Massachusetts: grades k–5, 408 students, 14.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Peabody.

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: 408
Teachers (FTE): 29.2
Students per teacher: 14.0
Grades: K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 56% 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

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: Peabody

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Location

Address: 50 Swampscott Avenue, Peabody, MA 01960
Phone: (978)536-5775
City or town: Peabody
County: Essex County

Website Quality of life in Peabody Schools in Peabody

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Witchcraft HeightsFree meals for all	K–5	455	13.7	0.5 mi
South MemorialFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	506	16.0	0.9 mi
Thomas CarrollFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	645	14.0	1.2 mi
Captain Samuel BrownFree meals for all	K–5	369	9.9	1.3 mi
Horace Mann LaboratoryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	293	11.9	1.3 mi
BatesFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	410	12.5	1.7 mi

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).

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