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Massachusetts regional school district

Quaboag Regional

1 high school and 2 elementary schools in our rankings

C
overall grade

Students from Warren and West Brookfield attend Quaboag Regional schools, including Quaboag Regional High School.

Ranks #237 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.

Overall rank
#237
of 328 districts
MCAS ELA
26%
State 41% in the same grades
MCAS Math
29%
State 41% in the same grades
Spending per student
$20,968
MA median $21,765

MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.

Quaboag Regional School District serves the towns of Warren and West Brookfield in central Massachusetts, roughly 20 miles northwest of Worcester in the Quaboag Valley. Both communities are small rural towns set amid hills, farmland, and lakes, and the district operates Quaboag Regional High School. West Brookfield is the more affluent of the two, with higher single-family assessed values and per capita income than Warren. Warren, a former mill town along the Quaboag River, is known for its historic industrial heritage and its connection to the nearby Quaboag Pond area.

How it compares

What stands out
  • Strongest area: AP results, in the top 27% of districts. 83% 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 15% of districts.
  • Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 36.9% in 2022 to 24.1% in 2025.
  • Trend: ELA MCAS is down 13.4 points since 2023 (39.5391% to 26.1294%); statewide it fell 4 points.
Where it stands among Massachusetts school districts
Bottom of MATop of MA
Overall
Below averagebottom 29% · #237
SAT
Below averagebottom 15% · #250
ELA MCAS
Below averagebottom 16% · #278
Math MCAS
Below averagebottom 22% · #257
AP results
Above averagetop 27% · #75
Graduation
Below averagebottom 35% · #190
Attendance
Below averagebottom 17% · #275

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 Quaboag Regional

High schools · ranked among 335
Elementary schools · ranked among 895

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.

English Language Arts, grades 3–1026%in 2026 · state 41%
14 points below the state
0%50%100%This district26%State41%2019202120232026
Math, grades 3–1029%in 2026 · state 41%
13 points below the state
0%50%100%This district29%State41%2019202120232026
By grade, 2026 · the black tick marks the state
GradeELAMath
Grade 3
30%−13 vs state
35%−7 vs state
Grade 4
28%−9 vs state
41%−2 vs state
Grade 5
29%−9 vs state
36%−3 vs state
Grade 6
21%−19 vs state
41%−2 vs state
Grade 7
19%−21 vs state
20%−17 vs state
Grade 8
28%−14 vs state
13%−29 vs state
Grade 10
28%−17 vs state
16%−28 vs state
Science, 2026
Grade 5 science
35%−8 vs state
Grade 8 science
19%−20 vs state
High school biology
21%−17 vs state

High school results

Average SATWorse than average
This district
1012
MA avg
1113
AP exams scored 3+Better than average
This district
83%
MA avg
69.1%
Four-year graduation rateAbout average
This district
92%
MA avg
92.4%

Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Quaboag Regional High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.

Students & classrooms

Classrooms
Students in classes1,145
Average class size16MA avg 17.3
Who attends
White
81.3%
Hispanic/Latino
10.6%
Multi-Race
4.9%
Black/African American
1.9%
Asian
1.1%
American Indian/Alaska Native
0.3%

49.5% female · 49.8% male · 0.7% nonbinary

Student needs
English learnersLower than average
This district
2.3%
MA avg
8.5%
Students with disabilitiesHigher than average
This district
24.5%
MA avg
20.2%

Spending & teachers

Spending per student$21.0Kin FY2024 · MA median $21.8K
$796 below the MA median
$0K$13K$25KThis district$21.0KMA median$21.8K20162018202020222024
Teacher salary$87.5Kin 2023-24 · MA median $91.4K
$3,894 below the MA median
$0K$48K$95KThis district$87.5KMA median$91.4K20162018202020222024
Teachers who stayedfrom last yearBetter than average
This district
89.4%
MA avg
84.7%
Principals who stayedfrom last yearWorse than average
This district
66.7%
MA avg
82%

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 88 full-time-equivalent teachers.

Attendance

Attendance rateWorse than average
This district
92.4%
MA avg
93.7%
Chronically absentmissed 10%+ of daysWorse than average
This district
24.1%
MA avg
16.9%

13.1 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 6.2% missed 20% or more of school days

About the towns

Warren
Worcester County · Central Massachusetts
Avg single-family home value$311KMA median $588K
Avg property tax bill$4,580MA median $6,814
Tax rate$14.70 per $1,000MA median $12.40
Income per person$25,322MA median $47,872
Free cash reserves8.3% of budget
West Brookfield
Worcester County · Central Massachusetts
Avg single-family home value$414KMA median $588K
Avg property tax bill$4,446MA median $6,814
Tax rate$10.80 per $1,000MA median $12.40
Income per person$43,250MA median $47,872
Free cash reserves2.7% of budget

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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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