Nantucket
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Nantucket
Ranks #240 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.
Nantucket is a public school district serving the town of Nantucket, an island community located about 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod in the Atlantic Ocean. The island is known for its historic whaling-era village, cobblestone streets, and extensive conservation lands managed by The Nantucket Conservation Foundation. Nantucket ranks among the most affluent communities in Massachusetts, with single-family assessed values in the top 5% of towns statewide and per capita income in the top 15%. The town's year-round population is supplemented by a large seasonal influx of summer residents and visitors.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: AP results, in the bottom 44% of districts. 71% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: ELA MCAS ranks in the bottom 12% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 27.5% in 2022 to 22.7% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 7.3 points since 2023 (36.3852% to 29.1249%); statewide it fell 4.2 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 Nantucket
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 (Nantucket High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
50.2% female · 49.8% 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
12.2 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.4% missed 20% or more of school days
About Nantucket
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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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