Littleton
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Littleton
Ranks #48 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.
Littleton is a suburban town in Middlesex County, roughly 30 miles northwest of Boston, and its public school district serves the town through Littleton High School. The community is known for its rural-suburban character, with open land, conservation areas, and a village center that retains much of its New England charm. Littleton's per capita income and single-family assessed values place it among the more affluent communities in the region. The town was incorporated in 1715 and is notable for its historic Colonial-era architecture and its role in the region's agricultural and mill history.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 8% of districts. Students attend 95.4% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Top school: Littleton High School, #40 of 335 Massachusetts high schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 17.9% in 2022 to 7.5% in 2025.
- Trend: Math MCAS is up 5.6 points since 2023 (55.9978% to 61.5771%).
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 Littleton
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 (Littleton High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49.3% female · 50.6% 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 123 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.1 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.7% missed 20% or more of school days
About Littleton
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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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