Wilmington
1 high school and 2 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Wilmington
Ranks #77 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 24%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Wilmington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, located roughly 12 miles north of Boston along the Route 129 corridor. The Wilmington Public Schools district serves the town and operates Wilmington High School. Residents' single-family assessed values and per capita income both sit above the Massachusetts median, reflecting the town's established residential character. Wilmington's history includes its early role as a mill and farming community in the Middlesex Fells region, and it remains a predominantly residential community with close ties to the greater Boston area.
How it compares
- Strongest area: AP results, in the top 8% of districts. 93% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Relative weak spot: Graduation rate ranks in the top 41% of districts, below its other categories.
- Top school: Wilmington High, #68 of 335 Massachusetts high schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 15.5% in 2022 to 8.9% 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 Wilmington
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 (Wilmington High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.1% female · 51.9% 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 262 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.6% missed 20% or more of school days
About Wilmington
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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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