Grafton
1 high school and 2 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Grafton
Ranks #85 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 26%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Grafton is a suburban town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, located roughly 10 miles east of Worcester and about 40 miles west of Boston. The town is known for its historic common and its long-standing role as a residential community within the Blackstone Valley region. Grafton is home to Grafton High School and sits near the Blackstone River, which helped shape its early industrial and agricultural development. Its single-family homes carry above-average assessed values for the region, and its per capita income places it among the more affluent communities in central Massachusetts. Grafton is also the home of Grafton State Hospital's former campus and Willard Brook State Forest, which offers hiking and recreation for residents.
How it compares
- Strongest area: AP results, in the top 22% of districts. 85% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 38% of districts.
- Top school: Grafton High School, #62 of 335 Massachusetts high schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 21.7% in 2022 to 14.8% 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 Grafton
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 (Grafton High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.8% female · 52% male · 0.2% 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 239 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.6 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.7% missed 20% or more of school days
About Grafton
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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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