Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #178 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grade 10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District is a regional public school district serving students from multiple communities across Essex County on Massachusetts's North Shore. The district operates Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School, a vocational-technical high school that combines academic coursework with hands-on career and technical training alongside agricultural programs. The school is located in Danvers, roughly 15 miles north of Boston, and draws students from towns throughout the North Shore region. The North Shore's mix of coastal communities, historic mill towns, and suburban areas gives the district a diverse student population. Its agricultural programs reflect the region's longstanding farming heritage, a tradition that dates to the colonial era in Essex County.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 11% of districts. 98.7% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 24% of districts.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 29 points since 2023 (81% to 52%); statewide it fell 13 points.
- Trend: Math MCAS is down 16 points since 2023 (56% to 40%); statewide it fell 6 points.
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 Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District
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 (Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
57% female · 42.3% male · 0.7% 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 152 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.2 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.9% missed 20% or more of school days