Braintree
1 high school and 6 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Braintree
Ranks #63 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 20%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Braintree is a suburban town located about 12 miles south of Boston in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The Braintree Public Schools district serves the town and is anchored by Braintree High School. The town has a mix of residential neighborhoods and commercial areas, with the Southfield development and the South Shore Plaza shopping center drawing visitors from across the region. Braintree is the birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, the second and sixth U.S. presidents, and their birthplace is preserved as part of the Adams National Historical Park.
How it compares
- Strongest area: AP results, in the top 6% of districts. 94% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 48% of districts.
- Top school: Hollis, #102 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 17.2% in 2022 to 11.6% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 5.5 points since 2023 (54.6766% to 49.2096%); statewide it fell 4 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 Braintree
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 (Braintree High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.5% female · 51.5% male
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 416 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3% missed 20% or more of school days
About Braintree
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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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