Marblehead
1 high school and 2 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Marblehead
Ranks #62 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 19%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Marblehead is a coastal town on the North Shore of Massachusetts, about 15 miles northeast of Boston, and it comprises the entire Marblehead public school district. The town is known for its harbor, historic downtown, and long maritime tradition, having been a significant fishing and shipping port since the colonial era. Single-family assessed values and per capita income in Marblehead rank among the highest in the state, reflecting its established residential character. Marblehead High School serves as the district's sole high school, and the town's Old Town neighborhood preserves many well-known 17th- and 18th-century buildings.
How it compares
- Strongest area: SAT scores, in the top 15% of districts. Its high schools average 1212 on the SAT, vs 1113 for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 26% of districts.
- Top school: Lucretia and Joseph Brown School, #155 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 7.4 points since 2023 (63.4021% to 55.9697%); statewide it fell 4 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 Marblehead
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 (Marblehead High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.7% female · 52.2% 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 246 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
12.8 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.5% missed 20% or more of school days
About Marblehead
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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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