Summary:
The city of Georgetown, Massachusetts is served by three public schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — enrolling about 1,129 students in grades PK through 12. Penn Brook is the largest, with 674 students in PK–5 (about 60% of enrollment), followed by Georgetown High School (268 students, grades 9–12) and Georgetown Middle School (187 students, grades 6–8). The Georgetown district ranks 169 out of 351 statewide, in the 52nd percentile, with 3 stars; all three schools currently earn 3 stars.
Georgetown High School is the current academic leader, ranking 111 out of 353 (69th percentile) with the strongest MCAS results: 50.85% proficient in 10th-grade ELA, 55.93% in math, and 50.00% in science — above both district and state in every subject, with math 12.20 points above the state. Its graduation rate is 95.4% and its dropout rate is 1.5%. Its rank history is volatile, however (74th, then 47th, then 69th percentile over three reported years). Georgetown Middle School ranks 217 out of 478 (55th percentile) but has the weakest results: all-grade science is 25.25% versus the state's 40.98%, and 8th-grade ELA is 24.49% versus 41.70%. Its 6th and 7th grades are at or above state levels, so the weakness is concentrated in 8th grade and science.
Penn Brook is steady overall, above the state in ELA, math, and science (42.54%, 42.16%, 42.86%), with 4th grade exceptionally strong (13.76 points above the state in ELA and 21.09 points in math) but 3rd- and 5th-grade math below state. Its rank percentile has slipped from 63 to 59 to 51. Staffing and spending differ sharply: student/teacher ratios are 17.3 at Penn Brook, 10.9 at the middle school, and 9.3 at the high school. Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable for all three schools, and spending figures are from 2020-21.
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