Amesbury Town Massachusetts Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Amesbury Town Massachusetts based mainly on the latest year 2020 American Community Survey census data but also the survey from Common Core Data available for Public Elementary through Secondary Schools. In Figure 1, the percent of all people aged 25 years or older, who have either graduated from high school or completed the Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some equivalent certification/credential. Amesbury Town depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 94% which is less than most other places in the metropolitan area. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Seabrook Beach CDP which shows a high school graduates of 100% (6.2% larger).

In Figure 2, the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college/university with at least a bachelor's degree is provided. Note that the bachelor's degree is also called a four-year degree because it normally takes four years of full-time study to finish the course curriculum required to obtain the degree. This chart portrays the proportion of the population in this region who are college graduates with at least a bachelor degree or higher. In many ways, this analysis alongside the prior chart are very quick measures of the level of education in any particular area. Amesbury Town depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 41% which is in the center range of other places in the surrounding region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Newburyport which depicts a percent with a bachelors degree of 62% (51.8% larger).

Figure 4 shows the percentage of people 25 years of age or older who either have no schooling at all or dropped out of school before being able to complete high school. Additionally, these are people who also do not have a Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some other high school level type credential/student achievement. This analysis, along with the last two charts, provides another high level review and comparative data on the Amesbury Town Massachusetts educational level. Amesbury Town depicts it has a School Dropout Rate of 6% which is the third most percent who dropped out of school of all other places in the greater Amesbury Town region. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Haverhill which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 9% (58.7% larger).

The next chart shows a break down of people who have received a bachelor's degree or higher advanced degree generally in a campus learning environment. In particular, Figure 6, provides the proportional breakdown of all the people who have received a postsecondary education along with what the level of advanced degree that was obtained. Note that these categories do not include any type professional development type activities such as those related to maintaining professional credentials in workshop lessons. Note Professional Degree includes medical, dental, lawyers, etc. Amesbury Town has the percentage of percent of people with a bachelors degree less than most other places in the local area at 25% of the total.

The chart in Figure 7 shows the broad area of academic concentration or the discipline for people who have received a bachelors degree. This high level classification is essentially the field of study for which a degree was obtained. Amesbury Town has the smallest proportion of percent of people with an arts, humanities, or other degree at 17.5% of the total.

The next chart (Figure 8) provides a more detailed deep dive on the category of major degree obtained for people aged 25 years or older who earned a bachelor's degree or higher. Specifically, this frequency distribution details out what the major field of study was the degree obtained. Amesbury Town has the largest proportion of percent of people with a degree in biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences at 3.8% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of percent of people with a degree in science and engineering related fields at 17.5% of the total.

Figure 9 provides comparative data between the places in the greater Amesbury Town Massachusetts region for broad educational attainment. This analysis uses provides five broad education attainment categories including: No Education/No School, Some High School, High School or equivalent, Some college or Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree or higher. Amesbury Town has the percentage of percent of people with high school (or ged) in the mid range of other places in the local area at 27.1% of the total. The next exhibit (Figure 11) provides detailed cross tabulation analysis that provides education success data broken out or cross tabulated by age group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows. Figure 12 is a cross tabulation analysis that shows large educational success categories and is broken out or cross tabulated by racial group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.The final cross tabulation analysis is provided in Figure 13 and shows education success broken out by gender. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.

Amesbury Town Massachusetts School Enrollment Charts

Figure 15 provides a simple high level comparison of the proportion of students that are enrolled in public schools versus students enrolled in private schools in the Amesbury Town Massachusetts region. Amesbury Town depicts percent enrolled in public schools markedly bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

The next comparison provided in Figure 16 shows the proportion of students enrolled in private schools versus students enrolled public schools for students enrolled in Kindergarten through 8th grade (grade 8) or (K through 8). Amesbury Town shows percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades substantially bigger as the percent of children enrolled in private k-8 grades.

Figure 17 provides a comparative analysis all students enrolled in a public high school versus those students who are enrolled in private high school schools. Amesbury Town shows percent enrolled in a public high school very much bigger as the percent enrolled in a private high school.

The next chart (Figure 18) provides a similar analysis to the last chart but provides the data for public post secondary education versus private higher education colleges. Amesbury Town depicts percent enrolled in a public college approximately 3.3 times bigger as the percent enrolled in a private college.

Figure 19 shows another view of students enrolled in public or private schools-postsecondary schools or colleges/universities. This analysis shows the proportion for all graduate and professional schools (such as law or medical school) and whether those students are enrolled in private or public institutions. Amesbury Town depicts percent enrolled in a public gradudate or professional school 17.6% larger as the percent enrolled in a private gradudate or professional school.

The next chart in this series of resources shown in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in any educational institution for each place in the greater Amesbury Town region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Amesbury Town shows it has a Total Enrolled of 3,725 which is the third most total enrolled of all other places in the greater Amesbury Town region. The city with the highest total population enrolled in school in the area is Haverhill which shows a total population enrolled in school of 15,425 (approximately 4.1 times bigger). Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, Amesbury Town is only about 0.0% the size. Also, benchmarked against the state of Massachusetts, total population enrolled in school of 1,723,161, Amesbury Town is only about 0.2% the size.

The final chart in this series is Figure 22 and provides analysis data for the school year shown. The chart shows the proportion of kids/children that are enrolled in a pre-school public district versus those kids/children who are enrolled in a private pre-school oriented tuition institution (private salary/superintendent/etc.) Amesbury Town Massachusetts has one of the largest proportions of public preschool enrollment at 72% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Salisbury CDP (75%), and #1 Exeter CDP (81%) are larger.

Amesbury Town Massachusetts Area Schools Charts

Figure 23 lists all the schools in the area along with the school district, county location and other program information/credential such as if they are a public charter school or private charter school or magnet school. Some of the Area Schools are: Amesbury High, Charles C Cashman Elementary, Amesbury Academy Charter Public School, Amesbury Middle, and Amesbury Elementary. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total child school enrollment for all grades (through 12th grade) at the school shown using NCES data (Common Core of Data, Public Elementary-Secondary School Universe Survey.) Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that Whittier Regional Vocational ranks the largest with a value of 1,233 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Newburyport High (735), Amesbury Middle (731), Amesbury High (640), and Rupert A Nock Middle (552). The difference between the highest value (Whittier Regional Vocational) and the next highest (Newburyport High) is that the enrolled students is about 67.8% larger.

Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers in the classroom. A good student to teacher ratio should be low because it indicates that there are less students for any one teacher to educate in a class and generally a better learning environment, better success and optimal teaching excellence. Teachers includes all educational staff such as special education teachers and any other educator. Note that distance learning (online learning/remote learning) is not included in these values. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that Amesbury Academy Charter Public School ranks the largest with a value of 6.5 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: South Hampton Barnard School (9.7), Whittier Regional Vocational (11.3), Salisbury Elementary (12.0), and Dr Frederick N Sweetsir (12.0). The difference between the lowest value (Amesbury Academy Charter Public School) and the next lowest (South Hampton Barnard School) is that the student to teacher ratio is 48.9% larger.

The next chart, Figure 26, shows the racial mix of students at each location in this district of the state of Massachusetts department of education.