Andover
1 high school and 4 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Andover
Ranks #28 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 9%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Andover is a suburban town of roughly 22 square miles located about 20 miles north of Boston, in Essex County. Its single-family assessed values and per capita income both rank among the highest in Massachusetts, reflecting the town's established residential character. Andover is home to Phillips Academy, the independent boarding school founded in 1778, which has long been one of the town's defining institutions. The town's historic Shawsheen and Merrimack River surroundings, along with its mix of historic village centers and wooded neighborhoods, give it a distinctly suburban yet traditional New England character.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Math MCAS, in the top 11% of districts. 69% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Top school: Henry C Sanborn Elementary, #5 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 13.2% in 2022 to 8.6% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 5.8 points since 2023 (67.4529% to 61.6779%); statewide it fell 3.8 points.
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Andover
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Andover High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.8% female · 51.1% male · 0.1% nonbinary
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 468 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.6 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.6% missed 20% or more of school days
About Andover
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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