Hopkinton
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Hopkinton
Ranks #2 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 1%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Hopkinton is a suburban town in Middlesex County, roughly 25 miles west of Boston along the MetroWest region. The town is best known as the starting point of the Boston Marathon, which has traced its course through Hopkinton since 1897. Its single-family assessed values and per capita income place it among the more affluent communities in the Boston suburbs. The Hopkinton Public Schools serve the town through Hopkinton High School, the district's public high school.
How it compares
- Strongest area: AP results, in the top 3% of districts. 96% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Top school: Hopkinton High, #7 of 335 Massachusetts high schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 17.2% in 2022 to 9.9% 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 Hopkinton
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 (Hopkinton High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.4% female · 51.5% 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 292 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.8 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.2% missed 20% or more of school days
About Hopkinton
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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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