Stoneham
1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Stoneham
Ranks #100 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 31%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Stoneham is a suburban town located about 10 miles north of Boston, in Middlesex County. The Stoneham Public Schools serve the town's families through a single high school, Stoneham High School. Average single-family assessed values in Stoneham are in the upper range for the Greater Boston suburbs, and per capita income is notably above the statewide figure. The town was incorporated in 1725 and is situated near the Middlesex Fells Reservation, a large metropolitan park offering extensive hiking and trail access.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Math MCAS, in the top 31% of districts. 45% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: AP results rank in the bottom 50% of districts.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 8.9 points since 2023 (50.7381% to 41.8094%); statewide it fell 3.6 points.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 20.2% in 2022 to 15.2% 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 Stoneham
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 (Stoneham High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49.7% female · 50.2% male · 0.1% 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 211 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.8 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 4.1% missed 20% or more of school days
About Stoneham
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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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