Dracut
1 high school and 4 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Dracut
Ranks #180 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.
Dracut is a suburban town in Middlesex County, located about 30 miles northwest of Boston along the New Hampshire border. Its public school district serves the entire town and operates Dracut Senior High School. The town's residential character is shaped by its mix of neighborhoods and its position along the Merrimack River, which forms part of its eastern boundary. Dracut was incorporated in 1701 and is one of the older communities in the Merrimack Valley region.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 46% of districts. Students attend 94.2% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 18% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 25.7% in 2022 to 14.6% 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 Dracut
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 (Dracut Senior High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.4% female · 51.5% 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 245 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.5% missed 20% or more of school days
About Dracut
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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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