Foxborough
1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Foxborough
Ranks #61 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 19%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Foxborough is a suburban town located about 20 miles southwest of Boston in Norfolk County, and its public school district serves the entire community. The town is well known as the home of Gillette Stadium, the venue for the New England Patriots and New England Revolution, which sits near the Route 1 corridor. Foxborough's single-family assessed values and per capita income place it among the more affluent communities in the region. The town's history dates to its incorporation in 1778, and it retains a historic town center and a number of conservation lands within its borders.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 17% of districts. Students attend 95.1% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Relative weak spot: Graduation rate ranks in the top 47% of districts, below its other categories.
- Top school: Charles Taylor Elementary, #74 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 18.5% in 2022 to 9% 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 Foxborough
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 (Foxborough High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.5% female · 52.5% 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 214 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.6 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.9% missed 20% or more of school days
About Foxborough
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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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