Massachusetts public school district

Maynard

1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Maynard

overall grade

Ranks #121 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 37%.

Overall rank

#121

of 328 districts

MCAS ELA

41%

State 41% in the same grades

MCAS Math

38%

State 41% in the same grades

Spending per student

$24,505

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.

Maynard is a small town in Middlesex County, located about 20 miles west of Boston along the Assabet River. The Maynard Public Schools district serves the town and is anchored by Maynard High School. Maynard is known for its industrial heritage, most notably the former Digital Equipment Corporation complex, which helped shape the town's development in the late twentieth century. The community today is a mix of residential neighborhoods and a revitalized downtown centered on its historic mill buildings.

How it compares

What stands out

Strongest area: SAT scores, in the top 18% of districts. Its high schools average 1187 on the SAT, vs 1113 for the average MA district.
Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 49% of districts.
Top school: Maynard High, #55 of 335 Massachusetts high schools.
Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 22.7% in 2022 to 14.5% in 2025.

Where it stands among Massachusetts school districts

Bottom of MATop of MA

Overall

Averagetop 37% · #121

SAT

Above averagetop 18% · #51

ELA MCAS

Above averagetop 33% · #105

Math MCAS

Averagetop 43% · #138

AP results

Above averagetop 28% · #76

Graduation

Averagebottom 49% · #148

Attendance

Averagetop 44% · #142

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 Maynard

High schools · ranked among 335

Maynard High

Maynard

B+

#55 in MASAT 1187Graduation 94%

Elementary schools · ranked among 895

Green Meadow

Maynard

C+

#595 in MAELA 39%Math 30%

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 3–1041%in 2026 · state 41%

Same as the state

Math, grades 3–1038%in 2026 · state 41%

4 points below the state

By grade, 2026 · the black tick marks the state

GradeELAMath

Grade 3

33%−10 vs state

30%−12 vs state

Grade 4

37%same as state

41%−2 vs state

Grade 5

32%−6 vs state

20%−19 vs state

Grade 6

29%−11 vs state

36%−7 vs state

Grade 7

41%+1 vs state

33%−4 vs state

Grade 8

43%+1 vs state

Grade 10

77%+32 vs state

62%+18 vs state

Science, 2026

Grade 5 science

30%−13 vs state

Grade 8 science

47%+8 vs state

High school results

Average SATBetter than average

This district

1187

MA avg

1113

AP exams scored 3+Better than average

This district

82.9%

MA avg

69.1%

Four-year graduation rateBetter than average

This district

94.4%

MA avg

92.4%

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

Students & classrooms

Classrooms

Students in classes1,240

Average class size16.9MA avg 17.3

Who attends

White

72.5%

Hispanic/Latino

17.1%

Multi-Race

Black/African American

3.5%

Asian

1.6%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.3%

50.4% female · 49.4% male · 0.2% nonbinary

Student needs

English learnersAbout average

This district

7.8%

MA avg

8.5%

Students with disabilitiesAbout average

This district

19.4%

MA avg

20.2%

Spending & teachers

Spending per student$24.5Kin FY2024 · MA median $21.8K

$2,741 above the MA median

Teacher salary$89.0Kin 2023-24 · MA median $91.4K

$2,408 below the MA median

Teachers who stayedfrom last yearAbout average

This district

86.7%

MA avg

84.7%

Principals who stayedfrom last yearWorse than average

This district

66.7%

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 116 full-time-equivalent teachers.

Attendance

Attendance rateAbout average

This district

94.4%

MA avg

93.7%

Chronically absentmissed 10%+ of daysBetter than average

This district

14.5%

MA avg

16.9%

9.8 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.4% missed 20% or more of school days

About Maynard

Middlesex County · Greater Boston — I-95 to I-495

Avg single-family home value$607KMA median $588K

Avg property tax bill$10,081MA median $6,814

Tax rate$16.60 per $1,000MA median $12.40

Income per person$53,916MA median $47,872

Local kids in public school95.9%

Free cash reserves1.3% of budget

Where school-age children in Maynard go to school · 2024-2025

Local public schools

81.5%

Charter schools

5.3%

Other public schools

4.9%

Vocational schools

4.2%

Private schools

2.4%

Home school

1.7%

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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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