Rockport Elementary School

I know 5 friends who have pulled their kids out of this school due to bullying and another 3 who live in Rockport but chose to choice their kids to Gloucester due to being bullied there when they were kids, so it's been a problem for a long time.

Overall my experience with this school is a good one.

Beautiful school, great teachers, terrible administration. Student teacher ratios in many elementary school classes are currently upwards of 22:1. Rockport is desperate for funding, due to a limited property tax base. The numbers are so bad that the town now "choices" in over 230 students. While the school offers amazing programs, including well-regarded special needs, it does not have the staff, resources or policies in place to serve the needs of their students.

Teachers at RES are amazing. Unfortunately, the Rockport School Board and Superintendent have and continue to sell out the community and students who attend RES. The school is quickly becoming the Gloucester School Annex District due to school choice. I am personally not opposed to school choice but feel when it impacts the education of those kids who reside in the district vs those who that do not, the school must act in the best interest of the children in the district. This is not the happening currently in the Rockport School District. Here are a few examples, the kindergarten and first grade class sizes ballooned to 22 this past year and as a result, RES has added an additional kindergarten class with little fanfare. Aids are not on full time leaving our teachers with 70% coverage. Kids are now eating lunch at 10am in large part to the facilities not capable of supporting the influx of students being added to the roles not to mention severe maintenance issues across all three buildings (RHS, RMS and RES). As a parent with one child in the system and one to be going into the school in the next year, if you are considering enrolling your child in RES, I would suggest taking a hard look at the future of this traditionally small community school. It seems the people in charge are happy to run the schools from spreadsheets and not in the best interest of our children's education or the community that supports them.