Leominster
2 high schools and 4 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Leominster
Ranks #193 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.
Leominster is a city in north-central Massachusetts, located in Worcester County roughly 15 miles north of Worcester and about 45 miles northwest of Boston. Known historically as the "Plastics Capital of the World" for its long-standing plastics manufacturing industry, the city has also developed a suburban residential character that blends older neighborhoods with newer housing developments. Leominster's public school district serves the city through Leominster High School and the Center for Technical Education Innovation, a vocational-technical option for students. The city's position along the Route 2 corridor places it within commuting range of both Worcester and the Boston metropolitan area.
How it compares
- Strongest area: SAT scores, in the top 44% of districts. Its high schools average 1130 on the SAT, vs 1113 for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 36% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 30.4% in 2022 to 22.4% 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 Leominster
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. "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.3% female · 51.7% 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 440 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
12.5 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 5.4% missed 20% or more of school days
About Leominster
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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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