Summary:
Harvard, Massachusetts is a small town served by a single PK–12 district with just three schools and 1,023 students: Hildreth Elementary School (PK–5, 451 students), The Bromfield Middle School (6–8, 244 students), and The Bromfield High School (9–12, 328 students). The Harvard district ranks 19th of 351 districts statewide — the 95th percentile — and all three schools perform well above state averages.
The Bromfield High School is the district's flagship and one of the strongest high schools in the state: ranked 10th of 353 in 2025–26 and 2nd of 348 the year before, with a 100% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate. Its 10th-grade proficiency is 92.77% in ELA and 90.36% in math — roughly double the state rate in both subjects. The Bromfield Middle School is a consistent 5-star performer (32nd of 478, 93rd percentile) with the smallest classes in the district at 10.2 students per teacher. It leads the district in ELA (71.3%) and posted the biggest single-subject gain this year, a +9.0 point jump in 8th-grade civics to 75.64%.
Hildreth Elementary School remains well above state norms (87th percentile, 4 stars) but is the only school losing ground, falling in all three subjects year over year (ELA −7.3, math −5.3, science −9.4 points) and slipping from 5 stars to 4. Two narrower dips are worth watching: Hildreth's 5th-grade ELA (52.46%) trails its own 3rd grade (67.14%), and 7th-grade math at Bromfield Middle (52.63%) sits far below its 6th and 8th grades. One through-line unites all three schools — science proficiency runs 77.05% in 5th grade, 75.64% in 8th, and 80.95% in 10th, a 34-to-41-point edge over the state at every level. Free/reduced lunch is not reported for any school, so no conclusions about economic background are possible.
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