Beverly
1 high school and 5 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Beverly
Ranks #87 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 27%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Beverly is a city on Massachusetts' North Shore, roughly 20 miles north of Boston on the shores of Beverly Harbor. Its public school district serves the city's students through Beverly High School and the district's other schools. Beverly's single-family assessed value and per capita income place it among the more affluent communities in the region. The city is also home to Lynch Park, a historic waterfront park on Beverly Harbor, and is among the oldest settled communities in Essex County, dating to the 1620s.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Math MCAS, in the top 27% of districts. 50% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 20% of districts.
- Top school: Ayers/Ryal Side School, #144 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: MCAS results and attendance have held steady over the past three years.
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Beverly
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Beverly High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.9% female · 51.8% male · 0.2% nonbinary
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 378 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
14 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 5.4% missed 20% or more of school days
About Beverly
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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