Old Rochester
1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings
Students from Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester attend Old Rochester schools, including Old Rochester Regional High School.
Ranks #82 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 25%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Old Rochester Regional School District serves the towns of Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester on Massachusetts' South Coast, roughly 50 miles south of Boston along Buzzards Bay. Marion and Mattapoisett are coastal communities known for their harbors, sailing traditions, and waterfront villages, while Rochester is more rural and inland, with farmland and conservation land. Marion and Mattapoisett have notably high single-family assessed values and per capita incomes relative to the state. The district operates Old Rochester Regional High School, which draws students from all three towns. Rochester was one of the original towns settled in the Plymouth Colony region in the 1600s, and Marion has long been home to the Tabor Academy, a well-known independent school founded in 1876.
How it compares
- Strongest area: ELA MCAS, in the top 31% of districts. 50% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 47% of districts.
- Top school: Rochester Memorial, #141 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 30.9% in 2022 to 21.8% 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 Old Rochester
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 (Old Rochester Regional High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.8% female · 51% male · 0.2% 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 90 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
12.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 4% missed 20% or more of school days
About the towns
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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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