Westwood
1 high school and 4 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Westwood
Ranks #8 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 3%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Westwood is a suburban town located about 12 miles southwest of Boston, in Norfolk County. The Westwood Public Schools district serves the town and operates Westwood High School. Westwood is notably affluent, with an average single-family assessed value and per capita income that rank among the higher figures in Massachusetts. The town is known for its residential character and its historic Endicott Estate, a former 19th-century estate that now serves as a public park and event venue.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 4% of districts. Students attend 95.5% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Top school: Downey, #11 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 10.5% in 2022 to 7.4% 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 Westwood
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 (Westwood High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.9% female · 52.1% 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 238 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
7.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.6% missed 20% or more of school days
About Westwood
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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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