Falmouth
1 high school and 4 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Falmouth
Ranks #153 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 47%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Falmouth is a coastal town on Cape Cod, located at the southwestern tip of the Cape in Barnstable County, roughly 75 miles southeast of Boston. The town is known for its harbors, beaches, and village centers, and it serves as a gateway to the Elizabeth Islands and Martha's Vineyard via ferry from Woods Hole. Falmouth is home to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, one of the world's leading centers for marine research, which was founded in 1930 in the village of Woods Hole. The town's single-family assessed values are notably high, placing Falmouth among the more affluent communities on Cape Cod.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Math MCAS, in the top 40% of districts. 43% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 17% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 35.2% in 2022 to 26.7% in 2025.
- Trend: Math MCAS is down 6.1 points since 2023 (48.7137% to 42.6579%).
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 Falmouth
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 (Falmouth High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.8% female · 52.1% 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 286 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
14.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 6.5% missed 20% or more of school days
About Falmouth
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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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