Provincetown
1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Provincetown
Ranks #325 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3, 4, 7, 8 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Provincetown is a seaside town at the tip of Cape Cod, roughly 120 miles southeast of Boston, and it is known for its arts community, dunes, and Cape Cod National Seashore setting. The town's assessed home values are notably high, with average single-family assessed values and per capita income placing it among the more affluent communities on the Cape. Provincetown is also historically significant as the site of the Mayflower Compact's signing in 1620 before the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth. The district has no high school of its own, and students in grades 9 through 12 attend a regional or tuition arrangement outside the town.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: Attendance, in the bottom 8% of districts. Students attend 91.5% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 42.2% in 2022 to 33.5% in 2025.
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Schools in Provincetown
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.
DESE didn't report 2026 results for grades 5, 6 in this district, usually because too few students were tested, so they aren't shown.
Students & classrooms
53.3% female · 46.7% 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 19 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
14.5 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 4.4% missed 20% or more of school days
About Provincetown
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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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