Berlin-Boylston
1 high school and 2 elementary schools in our rankings
Students from Berlin and Boylston attend Berlin-Boylston schools, including Tahanto Regional High School.
Ranks #49 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 15%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Berlin and Boylston are two small towns in Worcester County, roughly 30 miles west of Boston, that share the Berlin-Boylston Regional School District and its Tahanto Regional High School. Both communities have a largely suburban and rural character, with open land, farms, and conservation areas interspersed among residential neighborhoods. Single-family home values and per capita incomes in both towns are notably above the state average, reflecting their appeal to families seeking a quieter setting within commuting distance of the Worcester and Boston metro areas. Boylston is home to Wachusett Reservoir, one of the largest public water supply reservoirs in Massachusetts, which occupies much of the town's landscape.
How it compares
- Strongest area: ELA MCAS, in the top 10% of districts. 59% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: AP results rank in the bottom 45% of districts.
- Top school: Boylston Elementary School, #125 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 27.2% in 2022 to 9.9% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 7.5 points since 2023 (66.4819% to 58.9737%); statewide it fell 3.7 points.
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Schools in Berlin-Boylston
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 (Tahanto Regional High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48% female · 51.7% male · 0.3% 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 92 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.9% missed 20% or more of school days
About the towns
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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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