Summary:
East Walpole, Massachusetts, has three listed schools — one elementary (K–5), one middle (6–8), and one K–12 alternative virtual school — with no traditional high school in the data set, serving a combined 4,256 students.
Old Post Road is the academic standout: it ranked 10th out of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools in 2025–2026, at the 99th percentile with 5 stars, and also earned 5 stars the two prior years (52nd of 906 and 25th of 916). Its 2025–2026 MCAS proficiency rates are ELA 70.72%, math 82.43%, and science 83.75%, far above both the Walpole district (58.67%, 65.20%, 55.63%) and the state (40.03%, 41.11%, 40.98%). Walpole Middle School is also strong: 42nd of 351 in the district, 88th percentile, 4 stars, with ELA 55.08% and math 61.50% — roughly 15 and 20 points above state. Its 8th-grade science is 40.23%, just above the same-grade district and state figures, and its 8th-grade civics is 50.76% versus the state's 39.77%.
TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School is the largest school (2,969 students) but trails in outcomes: ELA 25.39%, math 20.89%, science 31.19%, and biology 18.11%, all below state, with 8th-grade civics at 39.30% close to the state's 39.77%. It reports a 45.7% graduation rate, a 34.2% dropout rate, and a 20.7 student-teacher ratio, compared with 11.2 at Walpole Middle and 14.0 at Old Post Road. Spending is $15,382 per student at Old Post Road and $10,564 at TEC. Free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for all three schools, so economic context cannot be compared.
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