Shrewsbury
1 high school and 5 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Shrewsbury
Ranks #25 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 8%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Shrewsbury is a suburban town in Worcester County, located roughly 12 miles west of Worcester and about 40 miles west of Boston. Its single-family assessed home values and per capita income both sit above the Massachusetts median, reflecting the town's established residential character. Shrewsbury was incorporated in 1720 and is among the older communities in central Massachusetts, with a historic town center and several conservation areas, including the Dean Park and Sewall's Falls areas. The Shrewsbury Public Schools serve the town through Shrewsbury High School, which anchors the district's secondary education.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Math MCAS, in the top 9% of districts. 66% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Relative weak spot: Graduation rate ranks in the top 49% of districts, below its other categories.
- Top school: Walter J. Paton School, #31 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 17.4% in 2022 to 11.1% 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 Shrewsbury
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 (Shrewsbury High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.9% female · 50.9% 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 437 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.9% missed 20% or more of school days
About Shrewsbury
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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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