Billerica
1 high school and 5 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Billerica
Ranks #132 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 41%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Billerica is a suburban town in Middlesex County, located roughly 17 miles northwest of Boston along the Concord River. The Billerica Public Schools district serves the town and is anchored by Billerica Memorial High School. Billerica has a long history dating to its incorporation in 1655, and it was among the communities that saw early activity in the region's Revolutionary-era events. The town's character blends residential neighborhoods with commercial and industrial areas, and its single-family assessed values sit at a level that places it in the middle range of communities in the Boston metropolitan area.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 31% of districts. Students attend 94.5% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: ELA MCAS ranks in the bottom 49% of districts.
- Top school: Frederick J Dutile, #216 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 20.9% in 2022 to 12.7% in 2025.
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 Billerica
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 (Billerica Memorial High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
50.9% female · 49% 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 360 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9.6 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.8% missed 20% or more of school days
About Billerica
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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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