Weston
1 high school and 2 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Weston
Ranks #1 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 1%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Weston is a suburban town located about 13 miles west of Boston, and its public school district serves the town's residents through Weston High School. The community ranks among the most affluent in Massachusetts, with single-family assessed home values and per capita income both in the top 5% of towns statewide. Weston is known for its wooded residential neighborhoods and for the Case Estates, a historic area that has been preserved as open space. The town's Revolutionary-era roots include its role as a farming community along the Boston Post Road, a trail that connected Boston to New York.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Math MCAS, in the top 2% of districts. 79% 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 39% of districts, below its other categories.
- Top school: Country, #3 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: MCAS results and attendance have held steady over the past three years.
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 Weston
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 (Weston High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
50% female · 50% 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 174 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.6 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1% missed 20% or more of school days
About Weston
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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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