East Bridgewater
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves East Bridgewater
Ranks #195 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.
East Bridgewater is a suburban town in Plymouth County, located roughly 25 miles south of Boston in the South Shore region of Massachusetts. The town's public schools serve East Bridgewater, which is home to East Bridgewater Junior/Senior High School. East Bridgewater has a largely residential character, with a mix of single-family neighborhoods and open spaces, and its history as a farming and shoe-manufacturing community is reflected in its development. The town's single-family assessed values and per capita income place it among the more established residential communities on the South Shore.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 22% of districts. 97.9% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Math MCAS ranks in the bottom 22% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 25.7% in 2022 to 13.7% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 13.2 points since 2023 (46.1577% to 32.924%); statewide it fell 3.5 points.
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Schools in East Bridgewater
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 (East Bridgewater JR./SR. High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49.6% female · 50.4% 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 167 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.2 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.3% missed 20% or more of school days
About East Bridgewater
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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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