Best Public Schools in Haverhill, MA

Summary:

The city of Haverhill, Massachusetts is home to 15 public schools, including 8 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The schools in this district serve a diverse student population, with a significant Hispanic/Latino representation ranging from 27.25% to 59.66% across the schools.

Among the standout schools in Haverhill is Whittier Regional Vocational, a high school with an exceptional 99.1% 4-year graduation rate and low 0.9% dropout rate. This school also significantly outperforms the state average on MCAS tests, with 62.1% proficiency in English Language Arts, 50.16% in Mathematics, and 56.66% in Science for 10th grade. Another high-performing school is Tilton Elementary, which has the highest mathematics proficiency rates among the elementary schools, with 51.28% of students proficient or better across all grades.

However, the data also reveals significant performance gaps within the Haverhill district, with the majority of the schools, including the largest high school, Haverhill High, struggling to meet state-level proficiency standards. This suggests a need for targeted interventions and support to address the educational challenges faced by the district and ensure equitable opportunities for all students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2024)								MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2024)								MCAS Next Generation Science (2024)				MCAS Next Generation Biology (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Biology All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hill View Montessori Charter Public School	Public, Charter	K-8	75 Foundation Avenue	Haverhill	01835	Essex County	Hill View Montessori Charter Public (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 521-2616	304	23	13.3		144 (47.4%)	21 (6.9%)	117 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.2%)	15.9	789^th of 916 public elementary schools	13.9%		17.9	769^th of 928 public elementary schools	17.1%	20	30.3	12.5	18.2	16.7	26.5	25.0		21.7	15.2	9.4	9.4	6.7	18.2	3.2		10.5	42.4	12.5		27.7		$15,701	$1,492	$14,209
Moody	Public	PK-K	59 Margin Street	Haverhill	01832	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	No	(978) 374-3459	153	16	9.8		56 (36.6%)	13 (8.5%)	76 (49.7%)	5 (3.3%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)								(n/a)																						$18,032	$2,135	$15,897
Golden Hill	Public	K-4	140 Boardman Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-5794	476	43	11.0		218 (45.8%)	25 (5.3%)	215 (45.2%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.3%)	29.5	643^rd of 916 public elementary schools	29.8%		23.9	701^st of 928 public elementary schools	24.5%	58	33.3	20.9						26.7	37.0	35.6						36.3						$16,788	$1,446	$15,343
Silver Hill Elementary School	Public	K-4	675 Washington Street	Haverhill	01832	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-3448	441	41	10.7		134 (30.4%)	36 (8.2%)	251 (56.9%)	10 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	30.1	636^th of 916 public elementary schools	30.6%		40.4	563^rd of 928 public elementary schools	39.3%	73	22.2	29.2						25.3	24.1	51.5						36.6						$15,333	$1,483	$13,849
Consentino Middle School	Public	5-8	685 Washington Street	Haverhill	01832	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-5775	828	66	12.5		279 (33.7%)	41 (5.0%)	473 (57.1%)	13 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.7%)	31.5	322^nd of 493 public middle schools	34.7%		29.3	345^th of 501 public middle schools	31.1%	23			26.1	29.3	25.1	27.3		26.9			20.2	19.4	17.4	34.8		22.9	31.8	29.7		30.8		$15,008	$2,016	$12,992
Dr Paul Nettle	Public	5-8	150 Boardman Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-5792	531	52	10.2		199 (37.5%)	20 (3.8%)	283 (53.3%)	12 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.2%)	24.9	359^th of 493 public middle schools	27.2%		23.1	380^th of 501 public middle schools	24.2%	21			25.2	21.2	16.7	26.4		22.4			20.8	21.2	17.9	19.2		19.8	44.3	32.1		37.6		$15,827	$1,407	$14,420
Haverhill High	Public	9-12	137 Monument Street	Haverhill	01832	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-5700	1,991	149	13.3		962 (48.3%)	114 (5.7%)	830 (41.7%)	36 (1.8%)	5 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	36 (1.8%)	21.3	281^st of 348 public high schools	19.3%		26.9	264^th of 347 public high schools	23.9%	17							38.6								26.6				31.4		30.2	$15,847	$1,419	$14,428
John G Whittier	Public	5-8	256 Concord Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-5782	498	40	12.3		208 (41.8%)	35 (7.0%)	230 (46.2%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	28.9	334^th of 493 public middle schools	32.3%		32.1	327^th of 501 public middle schools	34.7%	7			22.5	21.3	19.1	30.2		23.2			23.6	17.2	21.5	25.2		21.7	40.2	37.0		38.3		$14,718	$1,417	$13,301
Tilton	Public	K-4	70 Grove Street	Haverhill	01832	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-3475	446	39	11.4		121 (27.1%)	20 (4.5%)	288 (64.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.7%)	41	553^rd of 916 public elementary schools	39.6%					(n/a)	18.4	27.2						22.9	50.0	52.5						51.3						$18,905	$1,610	$17,295
Walnut Square	Public	K-3	645 Main Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-3471	164	13	12.2		88 (53.7%)	14 (8.5%)	57 (34.8%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)								(n/a)	29.7							29.7	32.4							32.4						$17,177	$1,415	$15,762
Pentucket Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	252 Concord Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-2421	499	46	10.8		185 (37.1%)	39 (7.8%)	257 (51.5%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.4%)	19.9	742^nd of 916 public elementary schools	19.0%		18.3	763^rd of 928 public elementary schools	17.8%	21	16.8	19.2	29.7					19.8	25.3	20.0	35.1					24.2	46.0			46.0		$16,011	$1,465	$14,546
Bartlett School and Assessment Center	Public, Alternative	2-11	551 Washington Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 469-8735	41	7	6.1		14 (34.1%)	5 (12.2%)	20 (48.8%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)								(n/a)								0.0								0.0						$51,492	$2,780	$48,712
Caleb Dustin Hunking School	Public	K-8	480 So. Main Street	Haverhill	01835	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-5787	1,064	83	12.8		637 (59.9%)	54 (5.1%)	321 (30.2%)	21 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (2.9%)	40.3	558^th of 916 public elementary schools	39.1%		30.5	651^st of 928 public elementary schools	29.8%	93	41.7	37.7	26.7	18.0	30.6	45.5		32.3	41.7	56.2	32.1	37.3	38.2	44.9		41.1	36.6	40.1		38.5		$15,076	$1,446	$13,631
Gateway Academy	Public	7-12	415 Primrose St	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-3473	103	14	7.5		49 (47.6%)	1 (1.0%)	49 (47.6%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)								(n/a)						0.0	4.6	18.8						0.0	0.0	5.9		0.0		0.0	0.0	$12,903	$1,222	$11,681
Moody Preschool Extension	Public	PK	26 Belmont Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	No	(978) 420-1901	148	9	17.3		47 (31.8%)	12 (8.1%)	85 (57.4%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)								(n/a)
Whittier Regional Vocational	Public	9-12	115 Amesbury Line Rd	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Whittier Regional Vocational Technical	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 373-4101	1,279	124	10.3		772 (60.4%)	46 (3.6%)	363 (28.4%)	24 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (4.5%)	61.8	146^th of 348 public high schools	58.0%		42.1	209^th of 347 public high schools	39.8%	63							62.1								50.2				56.7		49.9	$21,631	$1,156	$20,475

Cities Near Haverhill

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bradford	0.9 mi	2	323^rd
West Newbury	3.59 mi	3	114^th
Groveland	4.04 mi	1	118^th
Merrimac	5.14 mi	2	247^th
Methuen	5.2 mi	6	294^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.