Summary:
Dudley, Massachusetts has four public schools in this data set — two elementary, one middle, and one high school (and no alternative schools) — serving grades PK–12 with a combined enrollment of about 2,087 students, all part of the Dudley-Charlton Regional district, which ranks 257th of 351 Massachusetts districts (27th percentile, 1 star).
Results vary a lot from school to school. Dudley Middle School is the highest-ranked and most stable of the group at 284/478, 41st percentile, holding near 40–41st percentile for three years, with strengths in 5th and 7th grade ELA and 5th grade math, though its 8th grade math, science, and civics results fall well below state. Shepherd Hill Regional High is the largest school at 942 students, or 45.1% of Dudley enrollment, and is a bright spot in Biology End of Course (40.44% proficient vs. 37.68% statewide) with a 92.2% graduation rate, but its 10th grade ELA, math, and science proficiency trails the state by wide margins and its percentile slipped from 41st to 35th. Dudley Elementary showed the sharpest decline, dropping from 48th to 32nd percentile as All Grades ELA fell from 41.2% to 30% and math from 42.49% to 34.85%. Mason Road School serves PK–1, so it has no test or rank data — expected, not a weakness — and has the highest per-student spending at $17,298.
Two patterns stand out: higher tested grades tend to perform worse than lower ones across the ranked schools, and all ranked Dudley schools hold 2 stars even though the district overall is 1 star. Keep in mind that free/reduced lunch data is empty for all four schools and spending figures are from 2020–21, older than the 2024–25 and 2025–26 outcome data.
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