Hudson
1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Hudson
Ranks #173 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Hudson is a town of roughly 20,000 residents in Middlesex County, located about 25 miles west of Boston along the Assabet River. The Hudson Public Schools district serves the town and operates Hudson High School. Average single-family assessed values in Hudson are above the statewide median, and per capita income is solidly middle-to-upper-middle class for Massachusetts. Hudson's historic downtown includes Hudson Town Hall, a longstanding civic landmark, and the town was historically known for its shoe and manufacturing industries.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: Attendance, in the bottom 45% of districts. Students attend 93.7% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 24% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 26.8% in 2022 to 17.2% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 8.2 points since 2023 (38.3624% to 30.2114%); statewide it fell 3.9 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 Hudson
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 (Hudson High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
50.1% female · 49.7% 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 233 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.8 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 4.8% missed 20% or more of school days
About Hudson
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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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