Lee
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Lee
Ranks #127 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 39%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Lee is a town in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, located in Berkshire County about 130 miles west of Boston. The Lee public school district serves the town through Lee Middle/High School, offering a community-oriented setting in a region known for its mountain scenery and rural character. The town's position along the Housatonic River valley, near the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Berkshire ski areas, gives it a blend of small-town life and easy access to outdoor recreation. Lee is also home to Lee Outlet Mall and has a historic downtown built around its 19th-century mill and manufacturing heritage.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 16% of districts. 98.2% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 44% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 24% in 2022 to 9.7% 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 Lee
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 (Lee Middle/High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.3% female · 51.4% male · 0.3% 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 72 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.2% missed 20% or more of school days
About Lee
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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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