Danvers
1 high school and 5 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Danvers
Ranks #174 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Danvers is a suburban town in Essex County, roughly 16 miles north of Boston, and the Danvers Public Schools district serves the town with Danvers High School as its high school. The town is known for its historic center, which includes the Peabody Institute Library and the Danvers Historical Society, and it is the birthplace of Danvers, Massachusetts' role in the 1692 Salem witch trials era, as the area was once part of Salem Village. Danvers has an established residential character, with a mix of single-family neighborhoods, town parks, and commercial areas along its main corridors. Single-family homes in Danvers carry relatively high assessed values and per capita income is above the state average, reflecting the town's appeal to families and professionals who commute to the Boston area.
How it compares
- Strongest area: ELA MCAS, in the top 49% of districts. 35% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 34% of districts.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 12.2 points since 2023 (46.7778% to 34.5458%); statewide it fell 3.5 points.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 22% in 2022 to 15.5% in 2025.
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 Danvers
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 (Danvers High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48% female · 51.8% male · 0.1% 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 272 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.8 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.7% missed 20% or more of school days
About Danvers
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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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