The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in Math. The lowest is 52% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Hannah Elementary
Hannah Elementary serves kindergarten through fourth grade in Beverly, a mixed-use city on the Massachusetts North Shore that combines urbanized western neighborhoods with a more rural eastern stretch along the coast. The school is one of five K-5 elementary schools feeding into the district’s middle school, which serves grades five through eight. Beverly is a suburb roughly seventeen miles northeast of Boston, connected by MBTA Commuter Rail and local bus service, and it has a downtown core anchored by the Cabot performing arts center and city government. The city includes neighborhoods such as Ryal Side, North Beverly, Centerville, and the more remote Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing, and is home to Endicott College and Montserrat College of Art.
Hannah Elementary is a regular public school. Its enrollment is modest for an elementary building spanning kindergarten through grade four, and the student body is predominantly white, with a smaller share of Hispanic students, very small numbers of Asian, Black, or multiracial students, and even fewer Native American students. Data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education identification, and English learner status were not available, so the level of economic diversity or the share of students receiving additional support is not possible to assess from the record.
On the Massachusetts NextGen MCAS, the most recent testing year shows that slightly more than half of Hannah’s third and fourth graders met or exceeded proficiency standards in both math and English language arts. That overall proficiency measure places Hannah above the midpoint when compared with other elementary schools across Essex County districts. The trend over the past several years shows a dip in ELA proficiency after the pandemic, with a recent recovery back to roughly where the school was a few years earlier. Math proficiency has been more stable, climbing from a lower point before the pandemic to the same recent level as ELA. A parent should note that the only science testing data available for this school is from several years ago, under a different state assessment, so current science performance cannot be evaluated from this record.
Because Hannah serves only kindergarten through fourth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and no high school course access data applies. The school environment and access section contains no information on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or staffing ratios, so those dimensions are absent from this account.
The housing market in the area around Hannah is expensive. Home values in the zip code have risen modestly in recent years, and rents have also increased slightly. The county housing market shows a median listing price that, while down a bit from a year ago, remains high, with active listings increasing but pending sales rising sharply relative to the same period the prior year, indicating a market that remains competitive. The national affordability benchmark suggests that buying a home in this area costs more than the national typical household income would support, and renting also takes up a substantial portion of income. For families considering a move to this attendance zone, the housing context is a central consideration.
The district, Beverly Public Schools, has seen recent institutional investment. A new middle school and a new academic building at the high school were completed in recent years, reflecting community commitment to school facilities. Climate and sustainability initiatives, including fleet electrification and a Green Schools Program, have earned recognition. The city has a mix of employers including a semiconductor company, a hospital, a college, and the YMCA. The overall picture is of a stable, resourced district in a city with both urban amenities and coastal recreation, where Hannah Elementary delivers proficiency outcomes that sit above the midpoint among its county peers, with the caveat that key demographic and support-program data are missing from this record and would be worth obtaining directly from the school.
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