Essex Elementary School serves 554 students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The school was built in 1954 and added onto in 1969 and 1991. Currently, a renovation plan has been approved for 10.1 million dollars to update the school.Next to the quest for peace, our nation's most important goal is the development of a high quality educational experience for all children

We Believe That:

• A student is the most important person in our school.
• A student is not an interruption of our work - he or she is the purpose of it.
• A student is not a statistic. He or she is a flesh and blood human being with feelings and emotions.
• A student is deserving of the most courteous and attentive treatment that we can provide.
• A student is the lifeblood of Essex Elementary School and every school.

Mission Statement:

As a community of learners, we foster individual student achievement and empower students to excel in an environment of collaboration, responsibility, and mutual respect. We prepare our students to be knowledgeable, involved citizens in a rapidly changing world.

Vision Statement

Our schools endeavor to develop an educational program of excellence where all students achieve at high levels and best instructional strategies are pursued in an environment of inquiry, collaboration, support and trust.

Strategic Goals

• To ensure the continuous progress of each student by implementing a challenging curriculum with clearly stated benchmarks.
• To attract, retain, develop and support the best possible staff for our schools.
• To build community support and involvement for the school system.
• To foster and sustain a climate of professionalism, trust, and high expectations that is collaborative, respectful, nurturing, and safe for all members of the school community.
• To promote, model, and implement the mission, vision, beliefs, goals and improvement plans of the schools and the PK-12 district.