Westport
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Westport
Ranks #194 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Westport is a coastal town in Bristol County, located in the southeastern corner of Massachusetts near the Rhode Island border and along Buzzards Bay. The town is known for its extensive shoreline, farmland, and conservation areas, including sections of the Westport Land Conservation Trust holdings and the Horseneck Beach State Reservation. Westport's historic villages and working waterfront reflect its long maritime and agricultural heritage, and the town was the site of early settlement in the region. Its single-family assessed values and per capita income are above state medians, and the district serves students through Westport Middle-High School.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Math MCAS, in the top 42% of districts. 35% 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 25% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 23.6% in 2022 to 15.2% in 2025.
- Trend: Math MCAS is down 5.5 points since 2023 (40.0288% to 34.5341%).
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 Westport
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 (Westport Middle-High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49.8% female · 50.1% 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 125 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.8% missed 20% or more of school days
About Westport
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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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