Malden
1 high school and 5 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Malden
Ranks #175 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.
Malden is a city located about 5 miles north of downtown Boston in Middlesex County, forming part of the greater Boston metropolitan area. The city is a mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial corridors, and a growing urban core near the Malden Center and Oak Grove transit stations on the MBTA Orange Line. Malden was incorporated as a city in 1881 and is known for its historic Converse Memorial Library and the Malden River, which runs along its border with Everett and Medford. The Malden Public Schools serve the city through a single comprehensive high school, Malden High School.
How it compares
- Strongest area: AP results, in the top 46% of districts. 75% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 8% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 36.9% in 2022 to 25.8% 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 Malden
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 (Malden High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.1% female · 51.8% 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 463 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
13.2 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 9.1% missed 20% or more of school days
About Malden
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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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