Summary:
Bourne, Massachusetts is a coastal Cape Cod town whose schools serve roughly 2,357 students across five schools: two elementary schools (PK–2 and 3–5), one middle school (6–8), and two high schools (9–12). Four of them belong to the Bourne district, while Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical sits in its own regional vocational-technical district even though it is located in town. The two high schools together enroll half of all students on the list.
The two high schools have very different profiles. Bourne High School holds the strongest current academic standing here — 148 of 353, 58th percentile, 3 stars — and is the only school above the state in any 2025–2026 core subject, beating state in 10th-grade ELA (52.38% vs 45.48%) and 10th-grade Science (46.58% vs 40.50%), though it trails in Math and Biology End of Course. It is also the smallest school (341 students) spending the least per student ($20,162). Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical, the largest at 838 students and the highest spender at $25,412, posts the best completion outcomes — a 98.9% graduation rate and 1.1% dropout rate, versus 91.5% and 4.9% at Bourne High — but ranks lower (31st percentile, 2 stars) and is below state in all four subjects listed.
Among the lower grades, Bourne Middle School is improving, with its rank percentile rising from 36 to 42 to 45 and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 8.9, yet it stays below state in every core subject, including civics (23.57% vs 39.77%). Bourne Intermediate School is the weakest tested school — 24th percentile, 1 star — with the biggest gaps to state and 5th-grade math at 17.12% versus 39.50% statewide. Bournedale Elementary School serves PK–2 and has no current test or rank data, so its performance cannot be judged. Free/reduced lunch figures are blank for all five schools, and spending data dates to 2020–2021.
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