Georgetown
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Georgetown
Ranks #96 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 30%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Georgetown is a suburban town in Essex County, roughly 30 miles north of Boston along the Route 95 corridor near the Merrimack River. The Georgetown Public Schools district serves the town and is anchored by Georgetown High School. The town has a largely residential character, with an average single-family assessed value and per capita income that place it among the more established communities in the North Shore region. Georgetown's history dates to its incorporation in 1703 and its early development around mill and farming activity, and it retains a small-town character today.
How it compares
- Strongest area: AP results, in the top 12% of districts. 91% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 38% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 18.4% in 2022 to 13.2% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 5 points since 2023 (46.1735% to 41.152%); statewide it fell 3.4 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 Georgetown
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 (Georgetown High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.6% female · 52.4% 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 71 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2% missed 20% or more of school days
About Georgetown
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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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