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Schools in Lancaster, MA

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At a glance

Schools

1,047

Students

Top rankedLuther Burbank Middle School69^th of 478 Massachusetts middle schools

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Biggest riser

Luther Burbank Middle School up 39 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Doctor Franklin Perkins School 6 students per teacher

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Summary:

Lancaster, Massachusetts has two public schools serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade: Mary Rowlandson Elementary (PK–5, 473 students) and Luther Burbank Middle School (6–8, 245 students). Both belong to the Nashoba district, which ranks 69th of 351 districts statewide — 80th percentile, 4 stars. Combined enrollment is 718 students, and no high school appears in this data, so students continue elsewhere after eighth grade.

Luther Burbank Middle School is the clear standout: it ranks 69th of 478 middle schools, the 86th percentile with 4 stars, and its percentile has risen from 70 to 78 to 86 over three years. Its 2025–2026 proficiency beats both district and state in every core subject, roughly 20–22 points above the state. Mary Rowlandson Elementary is also above the state in ELA, math, and science but trails the Nashoba district by about 12 points in each, and its rank declined from the 71st to the 58th percentile, dropping from 4 stars to 3 stars.

The middle school has a lower student-teacher ratio (10.4 vs. 12.4) and spent $21,890 per student in 2020–2021, about 9.2% more than the elementary school's $20,053 — though that figure predates the test data. Grade-level results vary: the elementary school's 4th grade math (57.83) is well above the state's 43.2, while 3rd grade math (37.14) is below both district and state. The middle school is strongest in 6th grade ELA and math and 8th grade math and science, with 8th grade civics above the state but below district. Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable for both schools.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)							MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)							MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)			MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2015)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Luther Burbank Middle School	Public	6-8	1 Hollywood Drive	Lancaster	01523	Worcester County	Nashoba	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 365-4558	245	23	10.4	17.6%	178 (72.7%)	4 (1.6%)	39 (15.9%)	8 (3.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.1%)	85.5	69^th of 478 public middle schools	85.6%		74.8	108^th of 484 public middle schools	77.7%	39				66.2	54.8	59.3	60.2				64.9	56.2	68.2	63.4		62.4	62.4	52.9	$21,918
Mary Rowlandson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	103 Hollywood Drive	Lancaster	01523	Worcester County	Nashoba	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 368-8482	473	38	12.4	16.7%	339 (71.7%)	11 (2.3%)	85 (18.0%)	14 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.1%)	57.1	380^th of 899 public elementary schools	57.7%		60.4	356^th of 906 public elementary schools	60.7%	24	42.9	47.0	39.4				43.3	37.1	57.8	41.4				46.2	47.1		47.1		$22,132
Rfk Don Watson Academy	Private, Nonsectarian	6-12	120 Old Common Rd	Lancaster	01523	Worcester County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(978) 365-2511	23	6	3.8		13 (56.5%)	4 (17.4%)	5 (21.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.3%)								(n/a)
Trivium School	Private, Roman Catholic	7-12	471 Langen Rd	Lancaster	01523	Worcester County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(978) 365-4795	99	11	9.1		88 (88.9%)	2 (2.0%)	5 (5.1%)	2 (2.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Nashoba Montessori School	Private, Nonsectarian	PK-K	725 Main St	Lancaster	01523	Worcester County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(978) 365-2555	61	7	1.3		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Doctor Franklin Perkins School	Private, Nonsectarian	3-12	975 Main St	Lancaster	01523	Worcester County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(978) 368-6461	146	24	6.0		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Lancaster

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bolton	3.22 mi	2	45^th
Clinton	4.1 mi	3	292^nd
Leominster	4.23 mi	13	266^th
Shirley	4.51 mi	2	199^th
Harvard	5.23 mi	3	17^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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