Everett
1 high school and 6 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Everett
Ranks #265 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.
Everett is a city in Middlesex County, located just north of Boston across the Mystic River. The city's public school district serves its students through Everett High School, one of the district's main secondary institutions. Everett has a densely developed urban character, with a mix of residential neighborhoods and commercial areas. The city is known for its proximity to Boston and its historic industrial roots along the Mystic River waterfront.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: Math MCAS, in the bottom 25% of districts. 22% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 6% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 42.7% in 2022 to 32.1% 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 Everett
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 (Everett High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.4% 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 578 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
13.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 9.7% missed 20% or more of school days
About Everett
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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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