Summary:
Ludlow, Massachusetts has 4 public schools — 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school — serving about 2,210 students in a district rated 262nd of 351 statewide (25th percentile, 1 star).
The standout is Ludlow Senior High, which ranks 158th of 353 (55th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, up from 2 stars in each of the prior two years. Its 10th grade ELA proficiency rose from 38.89% to 49.69%, moving above the state's 45.48%, and 10th grade science climbed to 40.52%, essentially at the state's 40.5%. Math held steady near the state level, while Biology End of Course (33.72%) sits below the state's 37.68%. The high school also reports a graduation rate of 89.8% and a dropout rate of 5.1%, both slightly better than the district. Notably, it does this with the lowest reported per-student spending of the three schools with data — $17,104 against $18,374 at the middle school and $18,352 at East Street — though that spending figure is from 2020–2021.
Paul R Baird Middle holds 2 stars and a 36th percentile rank. Its bright spots are science, up from 30.18% to 35.76%, and 6th grade math at 43.29%, above the state's 42.59%; all-grade ELA (20.68%) and civics (down to 29.59%) remain weak. Harris Brook Elementary is the weakest tested school at 1 star and the 19th percentile, and it declined in all three all-grade subjects, with 5th grade results (14.48% ELA, 17.12% math) the lowest cluster in the data. East Street Elementary serves PK–1 and has no test scores or rank history, so it can only be described by enrollment (368) and its student/teacher ratio of 11.8. Parents should note the gaps: free/reduced lunch data is blank for all four schools, and spending is missing for Harris Brook.
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