Best Schools in Beverly, Massachusetts

Beverly, Massachusetts operates 8 ranked public schools, averaging 6.9 out of 10 across the district. Half of those schools — 4 of 8 — score 7 or higher, which means parents shopping this city have a real chance of landing in an above-average school depending on where they live.

The top of the range is compressed and strong. Ayers/Ryal Side School leads Beverly with an 8.3 rating, the highest score among all ranked schools in the city. North Beverly Elementary follows at 8.2, and Centerville Elementary lands at 7.9. Three elementary schools clustered within half a point of each other at the top end gives families in those zones genuine, comparable options — the spread is not wide enough to make one clearly superior to the others.

The middle of the distribution holds Hannah Elementary at 7.1, which still clears the 7-point threshold, and McKeown School at 6.7, just below the city average. Neither school represents a dramatic drop from the top performers. The overall range — 8.3 at the high end, 6.7 at the low — is relatively contained for a city of Beverly's size. School assignment outcomes here do not swing as wildly as they do in larger urban districts.

All five named schools in the ranked data are at the elementary level. Families with younger children have clear targets: the Ayers/Ryal Side and North Beverly attendance zones offer the strongest starting point if elementary performance is the priority. For middle and high school, the ranked dataset is thinner, so parents should pull state assessment results and school report cards directly rather than relying on aggregate scores alone. Beverly's strongest schools are neighborhood-assigned, which makes verifying your home address against attendance zone maps an essential early step — where you live in Beverly matters as much as the city's overall performance.