County / FIPS 25009
Essex County
Massachusetts
Essex County runs 221 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 6 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 5 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
221
Hospitals
6
With a star rating
5
Land area
493
Essex County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
813,054
Median household income
$101,883
Poverty rate
9.4%
Unemployment rate
5.1%
Median home value
$619,100
Median gross rent
$1,756
Bachelor's degree or higher
43.0%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Essex County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$11.2B
Per resident
$13,850
Change since FY2021
+25%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $9B |
| 2022 | $7B |
| 2023 | $9B |
| 2024 | $10B |
| 2025 | $11B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Essex County ranks 57th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Essex County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Jaques Hospital | Newburyport | |
| Holy Family Hospital | Methuen | |
| Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital | Lawrence | |
| North Shore Medical Center - | Salem | |
| Northeast Hospital Corporation | Beverly | |
| Whittier Pavilion | Haverhill | Not rated |
Public schools in Essex County
The 40 most complete records of 221. Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Drewicz Elementary | Lynn | Lynn | 488 |
| Aborn | Lynn | Lynn | 217 |
| Alexander B Bruce | Lawrence | Lawrence | 409 |
| Amesbury Elementary | Amesbury | Amesbury | 328 |
| Amesbury High | Amesbury | Amesbury | 453 |
| Amesbury Middle | Amesbury | Amesbury | 584 |
| Andover High | Andover | Andover | 1,702 |
| Andover West Middle | Andover | Andover | 518 |
| Anne Bradstreet Early Childhood Center | North Andover | North Andover | 430 |
| Annie L Sargent School | North Andover | North Andover | 467 |
| Arlington Elementary | Lawrence | Lawrence | 579 |
| Arlington Middle School | Lawrence | Lawrence | 575 |
| Atkinson | North Andover | North Andover | 274 |
| Ayers/Ryal Side School | Beverly | Beverly | 386 |
| Bancroft Elementary | Andover | Andover | 543 |
| Bates | Salem | Salem | 374 |
| Beeman Memorial | Gloucester | Gloucester | 300 |
| Belmonte Steam Academy | Saugus | Saugus | 780 |
| Bentley Academy Innovation School | Salem | Salem | 274 |
| Bessie Buker Elementary | Hamilton-Wenham | Wenham | 265 |
| Beverly High | Beverly | Beverly | 1,286 |
| Beverly Middle School | Beverly | Beverly | 1,367 |
| Bradford Elementary | Haverhill | Bradford | 508 |
| Breed Middle School | Lynn | Lynn | 1,221 |
| Brickett Elementary | Lynn | Lynn | 305 |
| Caleb Dustin Hunking School | Haverhill | Haverhill | 1,070 |
| Capt William G Shoemaker | Lynn | Lynn | 297 |
| Captain Samuel Brown | Peabody | Peabody | 376 |
| Carlton | Salem | Salem | 246 |
| Center | Peabody | Peabody | 446 |
| Centerville Elementary | Beverly | Beverly | 317 |
| Charles C Cashman Elementary | Amesbury | Amesbury | 369 |
| Clarke | Swampscott | Swampscott | 205 |
| Classical High | Lynn | Lynn | 1,818 |
| Cobbet Elementary | Lynn | Lynn | 602 |
| Collins Middle | Salem | Salem | 612 |
| Community Day Charter Public School | Community Day Charter Public School (District) | Lawrence | 1,195 |
| Comprehensive Grammar School | Methuen | Methuen | 955 |
| Consentino Middle School | Haverhill | Haverhill | 700 |
| Cove Elementary | Beverly | Beverly | 419 |