Fitchburg
1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Fitchburg
Ranks #236 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.
Fitchburg is a city in north-central Massachusetts, located roughly 10 miles northwest of Worcester in Worcester County. The Fitchburg Public Schools district serves the city's students through Fitchburg High School and its other public schools. Fitchburg is a historic mill city along the Nashua River, known for its industrial heritage in paper and machine manufacturing and for being the birthplace of the Fitchburg Railroad's early development. The city also contains Fitchburg State University, a public university founded in 1894 that anchors the community's educational landscape.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 47% of districts. 95.2% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 8% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 49.3% in 2022 to 36.2% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 8 points since 2023 (29.6392% to 21.6288%); statewide it fell 3.5 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 Fitchburg
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 (Fitchburg High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.3% female · 52.6% 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 448 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
15.7 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 10.2% missed 20% or more of school days
About Fitchburg
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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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