Summary:
Groveland, Massachusetts has one public school, Elmer S Bagnall, an elementary school serving grades PK–6 in the Pentucket district. With 519 students, it is the only school in the city, so there are no local middle, high, or alternative schools to compare. For 2025–2026, it ranked 326 of 899 Massachusetts schools, placing in the 64th percentile with 3 stars. The Pentucket district ranked 131 of 351, in the 63rd percentile with 3 stars. The school’s student-teacher ratio is 12.1, and per-student spending was $15,574 in 2020–2021. Free/reduced-lunch data are blank and should not be read as 0%.
Academically, the school’s strengths are ELA and mathematics. In 2025–2026, all-grade ELA proficiency was 51.58, above the district’s 45.60 and the state’s 40.03. All-grade math was 50.18, above the district’s 46.29 and the state’s 41.11. Third and sixth grades were especially strong: 3rd-grade ELA was 65.63 and math was 62.50; 6th-grade ELA was 63.89 and math was 62.50, all well above state averages. ELA improved by 2.12 points while the district and state declined, and math held steady while the district dropped 3.23 points. Science is the main concern: all-grade science was 34.38, below the district’s 40.24 and the state’s 40.98, and it fell 26.49 points from the prior year. Because science appears to be measured only at grade 5 here, this may reflect a cohort effect rather than a whole-school decline.
The school’s state percentile has slipped from 70th in 2023–2024 to 65th in 2024–2025 to 64th in 2025–2026, though it remains above the state median and holds 3 stars. Fifth grade is the weakest cohort, scoring below the district in ELA, math, and science and below the state in math and science; its 29.69 math score is the lowest grade-level result in the data. It is worth noting that grade-level percentages may come from small cohorts, so year-to-year swings should be interpreted cautiously. Overall, Elmer S Bagnall is a solid choice for ELA and math, with science and the 5th-grade cohort as the areas to watch most closely.
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