Hamilton-Wenham
1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings
Students from Hamilton and Wenham attend Hamilton-Wenham schools, including Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School.
Ranks #47 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 15%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Hamilton and Wenham are two North Shore towns about 25 miles northeast of Boston, sharing the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District. Both communities are known for their suburban and semi-rural character, with wooded roads, open land, and a mix of historic homes and newer residential neighborhoods. Wenham is among the more affluent communities in the region, with high single-family assessed values and per capita income. Wenham is also home to the Wenham Museum, which preserves a notable collection of North Shore decorative arts and local history, and Hamilton has long been associated with the Myopia Hunt Club and its equestrian tradition.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 5% of districts. Students attend 95.8% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Relative weak spot: AP results rank in the top 39% of districts, below its other categories.
- Top school: Bessie Buker Elementary, #58 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Math MCAS is up 7.5 points since 2023 (59.4866% to 67.0096%).
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 12% in 2022 to 5.3% 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 Hamilton-Wenham
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 (Hamilton-Wenham Regional High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
50.8% female · 49.1% 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 148 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
7.5 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 0.7% missed 20% or more of school days
About the towns
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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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