West Boylston
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves West Boylston
Ranks #97 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 30%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
West Boylston is a suburban town in Worcester County, located about 8 miles northwest of Worcester in the Central Massachusetts region. The town is served by the West Boylston public school district, which includes a combined junior/senior high school for students in grades 7 through 12. West Boylston sits along the Wachusett Reservoir, which supplies drinking water to the Boston area, and its town center retains a historic New England character. The town's single-family assessed value and per capita income place it among the more established residential communities in the Worcester area.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 19% of districts. Students attend 95.1% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Relative weak spot: SAT scores rank in the top 50% of districts, below its other categories.
- Trend: Math MCAS is up 7.1 points since 2023 (52.989% to 60.0747%).
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 16.1% in 2022 to 10.2% in 2025.
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Schools in West Boylston
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 (West Boylston Junior/Senior High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
50.1% female · 49.9% 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 80 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.5 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2% missed 20% or more of school days
About West Boylston
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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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