Easton
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Easton
Ranks #73 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 23%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Easton is a suburban town in Bristol County, located about 25 miles south of Boston and roughly 20 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island. The town is known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, conservation land, and the Ames Shovel Works history that shaped its nineteenth-century development. The Easton Public Schools serve the town and are anchored by Oliver Ames High School, named for the Ames family whose manufacturing legacy is central to the community's heritage. Single-family assessed home values and per capita income in Easton are both above the state median, reflecting its established residential character.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 22% of districts. 97.8% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Relative weak spot: ELA MCAS ranks in the top 37% of districts, below its other categories.
- Top school: Oliver Ames High, #77 of 335 Massachusetts high schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 17.7% in 2022 to 11.3% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 6.9 points since 2023 (58.8044% to 51.8637%); statewide it fell 4.2 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 Easton
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 (Oliver Ames High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.8% female · 51.1% 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 265 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9.7 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2% missed 20% or more of school days
About Easton
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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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