Marlborough
1 high school and 4 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Marlborough
Ranks #232 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.
Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, located roughly 30 miles west of Boston along the Route 495 and Massachusetts Turnpike corridor. The Marlborough Public Schools district serves the city and includes Marlborough High School. The community combines suburban residential neighborhoods with a historic downtown and a mix of commercial and industrial development, and it has long been an important manufacturing center in the MetroWest region. Marlborough was the site of early settlement in the 1650s and was incorporated as a town in 1660 before becoming a city in 1890.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: Attendance, in the bottom 26% of districts. Students attend 92.8% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 34.7% in 2022 to 22.2% 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 Marlborough
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 (Marlborough High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49.1% female · 50.9% 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 410 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
12.1 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 5.3% missed 20% or more of school days
About Marlborough
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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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