Ludlow
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Ludlow
Ranks #190 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.
Ludlow is a town in Hampden County in western Massachusetts, located just north of Springfield in the Pioneer Valley. The Ludlow Public Schools serve the town through a single senior high school, Ludlow Senior High. Ludlow's average single-family assessed value and per capita income place it in the moderate range for Massachusetts communities, and the town maintains a largely suburban character with residential neighborhoods and nearby access to the Springfield metropolitan area. Historically, Ludlow was incorporated in 1774 and includes the Ludlow Mills area, a reminder of its industrial past along the Chicopee River.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 32% of districts. Students attend 94.3% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 30% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 23.3% in 2022 to 12.3% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 5.1 points since 2023 (30.5748% to 25.5142%); statewide it fell 4.1 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 Ludlow
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 (Ludlow Senior High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.3% female · 51.7% male
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 195 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.8% missed 20% or more of school days
About Ludlow
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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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