Nahant vs Revere Schools
How the two districts, about 3 miles apart, compare on test scores, high school results, classrooms, spending and housing.
The short answer
- Overall: Revere ranks higher, #217 to Nahant's #275 of 328 Massachusetts districts.
- MCAS 2026: Nahant students score higher: ELA 44% vs 25%, Math 44% vs 26% met expectations.
- High school: Nahant has no high school in our rankings (its students may attend a regional high school), so only Revere has SAT and graduation figures (SAT average 1056).
- Spending: Similar: $22,912 per student in Nahant and $22,165 in Revere.
- Homes: Homes cost more in Nahant: single-family homes average $1.07M vs $623K. The average tax bill is $9,654 in Nahant and $5,574 in Revere.
MCAS results, 2026
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, all tested grades combined. The districts serve different grades (Nahant: grades 3–6; Revere: grades 3–10), so the state figure isn't shown.
| Year | Nahant | Revere |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44% | 25% |
| 2025 | — | 27% |
| 2024 | — | 26% |
| 2023 | — | 28% |
| 2022 | 50% | 30% |
| 2021 | 60% | 37% |
| Year | Nahant | Revere |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44% | 26% |
| 2025 | — | 25% |
| 2024 | — | 26% |
| 2023 | — | 26% |
| 2022 | 57% | 28% |
| 2021 | 40% | 19% |
No test in 2020. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement.
High school results
Averages of each district's ranked high schools. "MA avg" is the average of all districts with high school data.
Classrooms, teachers & spending
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources in FY2024. Class size is the average across all classes in the district.
Students
| Nahant | Revere | |
|---|---|---|
| Students in classes | 169 | 7,384 |
| English learners | 0% | 36.8% |
| Students with disabilities | 23.7% | 17.2% |
| White | 84% | 24.7% |
| Asian | 1.1% | 4% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9.1% | 65.2% |
| Black/African American | 1.1% | 3.9% |
| Multi-race | 4.6% | 1.6% |
Homes & taxes
What could you afford in either town?
FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue; for a district with several towns, the comparison uses the average of its towns. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices.