Douglas
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Douglas
Ranks #186 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Douglas is a suburban town in Worcester County, located roughly 15 miles southwest of Worcester and about 40 miles southwest of Boston. The Douglas Public Schools district serves the town and operates Douglas High School. Douglas is known for its rural character, with extensive conservation land and the Douglas State Forest, one of the larger state forests in central Massachusetts. The town is also home to Douglas Pond and a historic village center that reflects its origins as a 18th-century farming community.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 23% of districts. 97.7% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 35% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 26.3% in 2022 to 11.9% in 2025.
- Trend: Math MCAS is up 7.6 points since 2023 (36.9513% to 44.5814%).
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 Douglas
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 (Douglas High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
46.4% female · 53.6% 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 97 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.5 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.3% missed 20% or more of school days
About Douglas
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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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