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Swampscott
A town of 15,277 people in Essex County, Massachusetts
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Town in Massachusetts, United States1629Established
15,111Population
6.7 sq miArea
46 ftElevation
Swampscott () is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located 15 miles (24 km) up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. The population was 15,111 as of the 2020 United States census. A former summer resort on Massachusetts Bay, Swampscott is today a fairly affluent residential community and includes the village of Beach Bluff, as well as part of the neighborhood of Clifton.
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#76Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
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Swampscott Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 734 students
Swampscott MiddleMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 654 students
Swampscott HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 706 students
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