Newburyport
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Newburyport
Ranks #89 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 28%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Newburyport is a coastal city on the Merrimack River at the Massachusetts North Shore, roughly 35 miles north of Boston near the New Hampshire border. The city's historic downtown, with its well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century architecture, reflects its origins as a shipbuilding and maritime trade center. Newburyport's average single-family assessed value and per capita income place it among the more affluent communities in the state. The city is also home to Maudslay State Park and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, which lies on nearby Plum Island.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 8% of districts. 99% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Top school: Newburyport High, #79 of 335 Massachusetts high schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 17.6% in 2022 to 8.8% 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 Newburyport
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 (Newburyport High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
51.4% female · 48.5% 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 215 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2% missed 20% or more of school days
About Newburyport
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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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