Impact Essex County

Why is this important?

Early literacy skills are critical to a successful school experience. Third grade is considered an important milestone in a student's career in terms of reading proficiency and is correlated to whether a student will graduate high school. Up through 3rd grade, students are learning to read; after 3rd grade, they must be able to read in order to learn.

How is our county doing?

In 2018, 50% of Essex County 3rd graders were considered proficient in reading, up 5 percentage points from 2017. Among districts, rates were highest in 2018 in Community Day Charter Public School-Gateway (86%), Lynnfield (79%) and Swampscott (74%), and lowest in Lawrence (32%) and Salem (34%).

In Essex County in 2018, proficiency was lower among economically disadvantaged students (34%), Hispanic students (35%) and African American students (42%) compared with students who are not economically disadvantaged, white or Asian (61%, 58% and 65%, respectively). However, gains were stronger in some groups, with proficiency up 7 points among Hispanic students and 11 points among African American students from 2017.

Percent of Students Passing Grade 3 Reading, 2018

	All Students	Asian	Black or African American	Economically Disadvantaged	Hispanic or Latino	Not Economically Disadvantaged	White
Essex County, MA	50%	65%	42%	34%	35%	61%	58%
Middlesex County, MA	59%	70%	38%	36%	35%	67%	64%
Massachusetts	52%	69%	33%	33%	33%	63%	59%
School Districts in Essex
Amesbury	48%	30%	38%	55%	50%
Andover	71%	86%	47%	48%	77%	73%	68%
Beverly	60%	40%	45%	38%	41%	69%	64%
Boxford	65%	68%	65%
Community Day Charter Public School - Gateway	86%	75%	88%	95%
Community Day Charter Public School - Prospect	63%	58%	63%	73%
Community Day Charter Public School - R. Kingman Webster	71%	76%	70%	67%
Danvers	52%	34%	36%	57%	54%
Georgetown	61%	50%	63%	62%
Gloucester	47%	35%	38%	56%	48%
Hamilton-Wenham	73%	50%	75%	73%
Haverhill	36%	20%	41%	25%	29%	51%	42%
Hill View Montessori Charter Public	43%	43%	42%
Ipswich	69%	39%	74%	71%
Lawrence	32%	64%	46%	29%	31%	38%	31%
Lawrence Family Development Charter	56%	50%	56%	69%
Lynn	39%	46%	40%	33%	32%	48%	53%
Lynnfield	79%	82%	75%	88%	79%	77%
Manchester Essex Regional	73%	57%	75%	74%
Marblehead	68%	48%	75%	70%	67%
Methuen	47%	77%	38%	36%	54%	53%
Middleton	66%	71%	66%
Nahant	67%	75%	67%
Newburyport	68%	40%	72%	68%
North Andover	60%	78%	69%	38%	46%	64%	58%
Peabody	50%	39%	38%	35%	57%	52%
Pentucket	61%	50%	63%	62%
River Valley Charter	53%	53%	50%
Rockport	54%	47%	56%	55%
Salem	34%	30%	21%	17%	47%	46%
Saugus	56%	42%	50%	64%	59%
Silver Hill Horace Mann Charter	37%	29%	24%	40%	41%
Swampscott	74%	54%	56%	78%	77%
Topsfield	73%	74%	74%
Triton	38%	14%	46%	36%

Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

Number of Students Passing Grade 3 Reading, 2018

	All Students	Asian	Black or African American	Economically Disadvantaged	Hispanic or Latino	Not Economically Disadvantaged	White
Essex County, MA	4,238	166	103	1,141	1,026	3,086	2,685
Middlesex County, MA	9,513	1,467	360	1,481	853	8,024	6,154
Massachusetts	35,828	3,330	2,095	8,725	4,877	27,100	23,741
School Districts in Essex
Amesbury	84	16	5	68	75
Andover	305	71	7	14	17	291	199
Beverly	224	4	5	44	22	180	186
Boxford	60	57	53
Community Day Charter Public School - Gateway	36	15	35	21
Community Day Charter Public School - Prospect	30	19	30	11
Community Day Charter Public School - R. Kingman Webster	30	16	28	14
Danvers	149	24	10	125	130
Georgetown	54	5	49	50
Gloucester	103	34	10	69	89
Hamilton-Wenham	103	6	97	91
Haverhill	218	2	7	83	71	135	130
Hill View Montessori Charter Public	15	13	11
Ipswich	79	7	72	70
Lawrence	332	7	6	234	302	98	17
Lawrence Family Development Charter	47	29	47	18
Lynn	480	42	54	272	247	208	107
Lynnfield	143	9	12	14	131	114
Manchester Essex Regional	66	8	58	64
Marblehead	169	14	15	155	139
Methuen	237	10	81	75	156	129
Middleton	57	55	52
Nahant	12	9	12
Newburyport	95	6	89	89
North Andover	213	21	9	23	18	190	153
Peabody	231	9	67	23	164	187
Pentucket	106	9	97	97
River Valley Charter	18	17	15
Rockport	34	7	27	33
Salem	105	6	31	19	74	69
Saugus	100	27	20	73	65
Silver Hill Horace Mann Charter	36	8	4	28	31
Swampscott	110	14	9	96	92
Topsfield	66	66	64
Triton	74	7	67	65

Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

Percent of Students Passing Grade 3 Reading, 2017

	All Students	Asian	Black or African American	Economically Disadvantaged	Hispanic or Latino	Not Economically Disadvantaged	White
Essex County, MA	45%	57%	31%	29%	28%	56%	55%
Middlesex County, MA	54%	67%	35%	32%	30%	61%	57%
Massachusetts	47%	65%	29%	29%	29%	58%	54%
School Districts in Essex
Amesbury	54%	44%	40%	58%	55%
Andover	62%	78%	50%	28%	30%	64%	61%
Beverly	62%	38%	41%	71%	67%
Boxford	59%	57%	58%
Community Day Charter Public School - Gateway	66%	70%	64%	60%
Community Day Charter Public School - Prospect	65%	58%	65%	80%
Community Day Charter Public School - R. Kingman Webster	74%	70%	68%	79%
Danvers	46%	38%	44%	48%	47%
Georgetown	69%	63%	71%	69%
Gloucester	50%	42%	44%	55%	52%
Hamilton-Wenham	64%	63%	63%
Haverhill	30%	24%	22%	22%	20%	40%	37%
Hill View Montessori Charter Public	35%	41%	41%
Ipswich	54%	38%	58%	53%
Lawrence	26%	50%	25%	25%	25%	28%	40%
Lawrence Family Development Charter	63%	63%	62%	62%
Lynn	30%	38%	35%	25%	23%	40%	49%
Lynnfield	85%	94%	86%	85%
Manchester Essex Regional	52%	52%	51%
Marblehead	63%	23%	35%	68%	67%
Methuen	41%	75%	26%	29%	50%	47%
Middleton	77%	50%	80%	82%
Nahant	50%	60%	50%
Newburyport	47%	26%	50%	49%
North Andover	57%	56%	25%	37%	31%	62%	62%
Peabody	49%	45%	32%	35%	28%	58%	53%
Pentucket	39%	13%	42%	37%
River Valley Charter	39%	41%	41%
Rockport	47%	41%	50%	45%
Salem	32%	79%	6%	16%	15%	49%	43%
Saugus	54%	49%	61%	57%	51%
Silver Hill Horace Mann Charter	39%	26%	30%	43%	39%
Swampscott	70%	54%	70%	73%	70%
Topsfield	68%	69%	66%
Triton	48%	30%	54%	51%

Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

Number of Students Passing Grade 3 Reading, 2017

	All Students	Asian	Black or African American	Economically Disadvantaged	Hispanic or Latino	Not Economically Disadvantaged	White
Essex County, MA	3,968	183	75	1,034	825	2,911	2,642
Middlesex County, MA	8,704	1,386	335	1,306	691	7,394	5,700
Massachusetts	33,549	3,191	1,808	7,815	4,267	25,731	22,769
School Districts in Essex
Amesbury	90	24	6	66	77
Andover	273	59	7	7	9	266	186
Beverly	238	43	21	195	204
Boxford	54	50	47
Community Day Charter Public School - Gateway	25	16	23	9
Community Day Charter Public School - Prospect	31	19	31	12
Community Day Charter Public School - R. Kingman Webster	31	16	23	15
Danvers	127	20	8	107	108
Georgetown	82	10	72	78
Gloucester	112	37	8	75	100
Hamilton-Wenham	84	78	76
Haverhill	177	4	6	81	51	96	109
Hill View Montessori Charter Public	12	12	12
Ipswich	68	9	59	57
Lawrence	283	6	4	207	252	76	18
Lawrence Family Development Charter	52	36	51	16
Lynn	401	46	47	222	192	179	93
Lynnfield	137	16	132	110
Manchester Essex Regional	57	54	55
Marblehead	140	6	6	134	127
Methuen	223	18	54	60	169	131
Middleton	78	5	73	67
Nahant	7	6	7
Newburyport	83	5	78	82
North Andover	205	18	4	27	12	178	157
Peabody	249	5	6	71	17	178	215
Pentucket	57	2	55	51
River Valley Charter	12	12	11
Rockport	28	7	21	25
Salem	108	11	1	29	18	79	76
Saugus	112	35	20	77	75
Silver Hill Horace Mann Charter	37	7	6	30	26
Swampscott	121	14	7	107	105
Topsfield	67	63	59
Triton	94	15	79	92

Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

INDICATORS	TREND \| ESSEX COUNTY
Bachelor's Degree or Higher by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Early Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Preterm Births	Increasing
Infant Mortality Rate	Maintaining
Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels	Decreasing
Children Living in Poverty	Increasing
Children Living in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Child Abuse and Neglect	Increasing
Disengaged Youth	Decreasing
Live Births to Teen Mothers	Decreasing
Youth Arrests	Decreasing
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Establishments	Maintaining
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Employment	Maintaining
Tourism Spending	Increasing
Voter Participation Rate	Increasing
Charitable Contributions	Maintaining
Protected Land	Not Applicable
Days with Good Air Quality	Increasing
Beach Contamination	Decreasing
Daily Water Use per Resident	Decreasing
Crimes Against People	Increasing
Crimes Against Property	Increasing
Drug-Related Arrests	Maintaining
Reports of Domestic Violence	Increasing
Incarceration Rates	Decreasing
Recidivism	Decreasing
Households Without Vehicles	Maintaining
Means of Transportation to Work	Not Applicable
Traffic Injuries and Fatalities	Maintaining
Households With Internet Access	Increasing
Change in Total Population	Increasing
Change in Population by Age/Gender	Not Applicable
People 65 or Older Living Alone	Decreasing
People with Disabilities	Increasing
Households by Type	Not Applicable
Single-Parent Families by Gender	Not Applicable
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Change in Population by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Foreign-Born Population	Increasing
Language Diversity	Increasing
Change in Total Jobs	Increasing
Change in Jobs by Sector	Not Applicable
Change in Average Salary	Increasing
Change in Average Salary by Sector	Not Applicable
Average Salary by Sector	Not Applicable
Median Earnings by Occupation by Gender	Not Applicable
People Entering/Leaving County for Work	Not Applicable
Employer Size	Not Applicable
Self-Employment Revenue	Decreasing
Unemployment Rate	Increasing
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Prekindergarten Participation	Not Applicable
Female Enrollment in School	Not Applicable
Chronically Absent Students	Increasing
Per-Student Spending	Increasing
Bullying	Maintaining
Student Performance on Grade 3 Reading	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 8 Math by Student Group	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 10 English Language Arts	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 10 Math	Not Applicable
High School Cohort Graduation Rate	Increasing
High School Cohort Graduation Rate by Student Group	Not Applicable
Education Levels of Adults	Not Applicable
Income in Relation to Poverty Level	Not Applicable
People Living in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Median Household Income	Decreasing
Median Household Income by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Median Household Income by Household Type	Not Applicable
Living Wage Rate by Household Type	Not Applicable
Households Receiving Temporary Assistance	Maintaining
Households Receiving Federal Food Assistance	Increasing
Participation in Food Assistance by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Earned Income Tax Credit Participation	Maintaining
Economically Disadvantaged Students	Increasing
Median Home Value	Increasing
Housing Affordability for Homeowners	Increasing
Housing Affordability for Renters	Increasing
Homeownership Rates	Maintaining
Homeownership Rates by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Homeless Persons	Increasing
People Without Health Insurance	Decreasing
Medical Care Expenses	Increasing
Prevalence of Children with Asthma	Maintaining
Prevalence of Overweight Children	Decreasing
Prevalence of Overweight Adults	Not Applicable
Diabetes Incidence	Decreasing
Chronic Disease Among Older Adults	Increasing
Cancer Incidence	Decreasing
Cancer Mortality Rate	Decreasing
Heart Disease Mortality Rate	Decreasing
Mortality Rate	Decreasing
People who Smoke	Not Applicable
Use of Illegal Drugs	Not Applicable
Youth Use of Illegal Drugs	Not Applicable
Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions	Not Applicable
Drug Overdose Mortality Rate	Increasing
Prevalence of Mental Illness	Maintaining
Suicide Rate	Maintaining

INDICATORS

TREND | ESSEX COUNTY

Bachelor's Degree or Higher by Race/Ethnicity

Not Applicable