Medway
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Medway
Ranks #55 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 17%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Medway is a suburban town in Norfolk County, located roughly 30 miles southwest of Boston and bordering the Charles River. The Medway Public Schools district serves the town's students through a single high school, Medway High School. Residents' per capita income is above the state median, and single-family assessed home values are near the Massachusetts median. Medway's history dates to its incorporation in 1713, and the town retains a largely residential character with a mix of open land and conservation areas.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Math MCAS, in the top 21% of districts. 59% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Relative weak spot: Attendance ranks in the top 39% of districts, below its other categories.
- Top school: Burke/Memorial Elementary School, #157 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 12.6% in 2022 to 9.4% 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 Medway
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 (Medway High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
50.3% female · 49.6% 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 160 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.3% missed 20% or more of school days
About Medway
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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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