Summary:
Maynard, Massachusetts is served by a single public high school, Maynard High, which enrolls 310 students in grades 9–12 and belongs to the Maynard district. Because there is only one high school in the city, there is no local peer to compare it against — the meaningful benchmarks are the school versus its own district and versus the state as a whole. The district overall ranks 160th of 351 in Massachusetts, in the 54th percentile with 3 stars, so Maynard High may be a relative strength within its own district.
Maynard High's clearest strength is MCAS proficiency. In every reported subject and year, its students scored above the state average. In 2025–2026, 10th grade ELA proficiency was 78.21% versus 45.48% statewide, with Mathematics at 62.34% versus 43.73% and Science at 57.89% versus 40.50%. The school also improved sharply: ELA rose 19.75 percentage points and Mathematics 11.57 points from the prior year, even as state ELA and Science proficiency declined. School rankings reflect that — Maynard High moved from 108th of 349 (69th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 to 58th of 353 (84th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026, placing it in roughly the top 16% of Massachusetts high schools.
On other measures the picture is more ordinary. Graduation and dropout rates are essentially district-average: a 91.5% graduation rate versus 91.8% for the Maynard district, and a 7.3% dropout rate versus 7.1%. MCAS results are only modestly above the district's own figures, generally by less than 2 percentage points in 2025–2026, so the school is not dramatically outpacing its district — both perform well above the state. Class sizes appear small, with a 9.6 student-teacher ratio. Free/reduced lunch data was not reported, and the $20,975 per-student spending figure dates to 2020–2021.
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