Belmont
1 high school and 4 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Belmont
Ranks #3 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 1%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Belmont is a suburban town located about 7 miles northwest of Boston in Middlesex County, and its public school district serves the town as a single municipal system anchored by Belmont High School. Belmont is among the more affluent communities in the Greater Boston area, with average single-family assessed home values and per capita income that rank it well above the state average. The town is known for its residential character, tree-lined neighborhoods, and proximity to Cambridge and Boston via the Fitchburg Commuter Rail line and nearby highways. Belmont is also home to the Metropolitan State Hospital-era Belmont Hill area and the Beaver Brook Reservation, a popular conservation area for hiking and nature study.
How it compares
- Strongest area: SAT scores, in the top 2% of districts. Its high schools average 1326 on the SAT, vs 1113 for the average MA district.
- Top school: Mary Lee Burbank, #8 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: MCAS results and attendance have held steady over the past three years.
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 Belmont
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 (Belmont High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49.1% female · 50.3% male · 0.6% 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 294 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.4 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.4% missed 20% or more of school days
About Belmont
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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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