Massachusetts regional school district

Martha's Vineyard

1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings

B-

overall grade

Students from Chilmark, Edgartown, Aquinnah, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury attend Martha's Vineyard schools, including Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.

Ranks #164 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 50%.

Overall rank

#164

of 328 districts

MCAS ELA

44%

State 41% in the same grades

MCAS Math

43%

State 42% in the same grades

Spending per student

$41,143

MA median $21,765

MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.

The Martha's Vineyard Regional School District serves six towns on the island of Martha's Vineyard, about seven miles off the coast of Cape Cod: Chilmark, Edgartown, Aquinnah, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, and West Tisbury. The district operates Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, which draws students from across the island. Several towns in the district, particularly Chilmark and Edgartown, rank among the more affluent communities in the state based on single-family assessed values and per capita income. The island is known for its coastal landscape, extensive conservation lands, and seasonal population swings, and Edgartown and Oak Bluffs are both historic whaling-era harbor towns.

How it compares

What stands out

Strongest area: ELA MCAS, in the top 44% of districts. 44% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 22% of districts.
Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 25.9% in 2022 to 17.2% in 2025.

Where it stands among Massachusetts school districts

Bottom of MATop of MA

Overall

Averagetop 50% · #164

SAT

Averagetop 48% · #139

ELA MCAS

Averagetop 44% · #143

Math MCAS

Averagetop 50% · #161

AP results

Averagebottom 49% · #145

Graduation

Below averagebottom 22% · #228

Attendance

Below averagebottom 25% · #247

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 Martha's Vineyard

High schools · ranked among 335

Martha's Vineyard Regional High

Martha's Vineyard

B-

#146 in MASAT 1122Graduation 88%

Elementary schools · ranked among 895

Oak Bluffs Elementary

Martha's Vineyard

#290 in MAELA 47%Math 53%

Tisbury Elementary

Martha's Vineyard

#323 in MAELA 49%Math 54%

Edgartown Elementary

Martha's Vineyard

C-

#795 in MAELA 34%Math 18%

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.

English Language Arts, grades 3–1044%in 2026 · state 41%

3 points above the state

Math, grades 3–1043%in 2026 · state 42%

1 point above the state

By grade, 2026 · the black tick marks the state

GradeELAMath

Grade 3

49%+6 vs state

44%+2 vs state

Grade 4

46%+9 vs state

42%−1 vs state

Grade 5

31%−7 vs state

26%−13 vs state

Grade 6

41%+1 vs state

48%+5 vs state

Grade 7

38%−2 vs state

36%−1 vs state

Grade 8

50%+8 vs state

62%+20 vs state

Grade 10

50%+5 vs state

45%+1 vs state

Science, 2026

Grade 5 science

51%+8 vs state

Grade 8 science

54%+15 vs state

High school biology

40%+2 vs state

High school results

Average SATAbout average

This district

1122

MA avg

1113

AP exams scored 3+About average

This district

72.8%

MA avg

69.1%

Four-year graduation rateWorse than average

This district

88.3%

MA avg

92.4%

Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Martha's Vineyard Regional High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.

Students & classrooms

Classrooms

Students in classes734

Average class size13MA avg 17.3

Who attends

White

61%

Hispanic/Latino

29%

Black/African American

Multi-Race

3.8%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.6%

Asian

0.4%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

0.1%

50.9% female · 48.9% male · 0.1% nonbinary

Student needs

English learnersHigher than average

This district

12.9%

MA avg

8.5%

Students with disabilitiesAbout average

This district

20.4%

MA avg

20.2%

Spending & teachers

Spending per student$41.1Kin FY2024 · MA median $21.8K

$19,378 above the MA median

Teacher salary$135.6Kin 2023-24 · MA median $91.4K

$44,242 above the MA median

Teachers who stayedfrom last yearAbout average

This district

82.8%

MA avg

84.7%

Principals who stayedfrom last yearBetter than average

This district

100%

MA avg

82%

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 79 full-time-equivalent teachers.

Attendance

Attendance rateAbout average

This district

93.1%

MA avg

93.7%

Chronically absentmissed 10%+ of daysAbout average

This district

17.2%

MA avg

16.9%

11.6 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 5.5% missed 20% or more of school days

About the towns

Chilmark

Dukes County · South Coast & Cape Cod

Avg single-family home value$3.52MMA median $588K

Avg property tax bill$8,024MA median $6,814

Tax rate$2.30 per $1,000MA median $12.40

Income per person$95,470MA median $47,872

Town bond ratingAAA

Edgartown

Dukes County · South Coast & Cape Cod

Avg single-family home value$2.71MMA median $588K

Avg property tax bill$6,721MA median $6,814

Tax rate$2.50 per $1,000MA median $12.40

Income per person$74,152MA median $47,872

Local kids in public school95.4%

Town bond ratingAAA

Free cash reserves20.7% of budget

Aquinnah

Dukes County · South Coast & Cape Cod

Avg single-family home value$1.85MMA median $588K

Avg property tax bill$12,677MA median $6,814

Tax rate$6.90 per $1,000MA median $12.40

Income per person$60,960MA median $47,872

Oak Bluffs

Dukes County · South Coast & Cape Cod

Avg single-family home value$1.40MMA median $588K

Avg property tax bill$6,996MA median $6,814

Tax rate$5.00 per $1,000MA median $12.40

Income per person$33,186MA median $47,872

Local kids in public school96.7%

Town bond ratingAA+

Free cash reserves10% of budget

Tisbury

Dukes County · South Coast & Cape Cod

Avg single-family home value$1.69MMA median $588K

Avg property tax bill$12,513MA median $6,814

Tax rate$7.40 per $1,000MA median $12.40

Income per person$30,707MA median $47,872

Local kids in public school94.2%

Town bond ratingAA+

West Tisbury

Dukes County · South Coast & Cape Cod

Avg single-family home value$1.70MMA median $588K

Avg property tax bill$8,862MA median $6,814

Tax rate$5.20 per $1,000MA median $12.40

Income per person$37,399MA median $47,872

Town bond ratingAA+

Where school-age children in these towns go to school · 2024-2025

Local public schools

53.2%

Regional schools

30.9%

Charter schools

6.1%

Other public schools

5.2%

Private schools

3.5%

Home school

1.1%

What could you afford here? · All towns A–Z

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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