Best Public Schools in Carver, MA

The city of Carver, Massachusetts, has two public schools serving students from elementary through high school: Carver Elementary School and Carver Middle/High School. While both schools face challenges in academic performance, the middle/high school appears to outperform the elementary school on key metrics.

Carver Elementary School has relatively low proficiency rates on MCAS Next Generation assessments, ranging from 20.8% to 48.08% across different subjects and grade levels, and is consistently ranked in the bottom half of Massachusetts elementary schools with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. In contrast, Carver Middle/High School has slightly better performance on MCAS assessments, with proficiency rates ranging from 21.37% to 49.43%, and is also ranked in the bottom half of Massachusetts high schools with a 2-star rating.

Despite the academic challenges, Carver Middle/High School stands out with a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 94.2% and a low dropout rate of 1.9%. The school also has a lower student-teacher ratio of 10.2, compared to 13.6 at Carver Elementary School, and spends more per student at $18,120 versus $16,216 at the elementary school. These differences in resource allocation may contribute to the performance gap between the two schools in the Carver school district.