Sharon
1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Sharon
Ranks #13 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 4%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Sharon is a suburban town in Norfolk County, roughly 20 miles south of Boston, and its public school district serves the town through Sharon High School. The town's landscape includes a mix of residential neighborhoods, wooded areas, and conservation land, reflecting its character as a primarily residential community. Sharon has a relatively high single-family assessed value and per capita income compared with many Massachusetts communities, which is reflected in its residential character. Historically, Sharon was part of the Stoughton area before being incorporated as a separate town in 1765, and it has long been known for its Sharon Sanitarium, a notable early twentieth-century institution.
How it compares
- Strongest area: SAT scores, in the top 3% of districts. Its high schools average 1301 on the SAT, vs 1113 for the average MA district.
- Top school: Heights Elementary, #52 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 14.3% in 2022 to 9.8% 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 Sharon
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 (Sharon High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.3% female · 51.3% male · 0.4% 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 274 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.5 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.7% missed 20% or more of school days
About Sharon
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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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