Swampscott
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Swampscott
Ranks #88 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 27%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Swampscott is a coastal town on Massachusetts' North Shore, roughly 10 miles northeast of Boston, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the city of Lynn. The Swampscott Public Schools serve the town as a single-community district, with Swampscott High School serving students in grades 9 through 12. The town's average single-family assessed value and per capita income place it among the more affluent communities in the region. Swampscott's shoreline includes Fishermans Beach and Phillips Beach, and the town has a long history as a seaside residential community that dates to the 19th century.
How it compares
- Strongest area: SAT scores, in the top 23% of districts. Its high schools average 1179 on the SAT, vs 1113 for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 40% of districts.
- Top school: Swampscott High, #73 of 335 Massachusetts high schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 23.6% in 2022 to 15.5% 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 Swampscott
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 (Swampscott High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49.1% female · 50.8% 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 188 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.4 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.9% missed 20% or more of school days
About Swampscott
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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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