Millbury
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Millbury
Ranks #154 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 47%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Millbury is a suburban town in Worcester County, located about 8 miles southeast of the city of Worcester. The Millbury Public Schools district serves the town, with Millbury Junior/Senior High School serving students in grades 7 through 12. Millbury sits along the Blackstone River and has a historic mill-town heritage that dates to the early 1800s. The town's per capita income and single-family assessed values are above the statewide median, reflecting its appeal to families seeking a residential community within easy reach of Worcester.
How it compares
- Strongest area: AP results, in the top 34% of districts. 80% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 30% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 24.7% in 2022 to 14.6% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 7.5 points since 2023 (40.3302% to 32.816%); statewide it fell 3.9 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 Millbury
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 (Millbury Junior/Senior High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.2% female · 52.7% 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 131 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.5 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.3% missed 20% or more of school days
About Millbury
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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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