Summary:
Millbury, Massachusetts is a small district serving about 1,631 students across three public schools that together cover pre-kindergarten through grade 12: Elmwood Street (PK–2), Raymond E. Shaw Elementary (grades 3–6), and Millbury Junior/Senior High (grades 7–12). There is no separate middle school — grades 7 and 8 sit inside the junior/senior high — and no alternative school. The two elementary schools are nearly identical in size (455 and 454 students), while the high school is the largest single school at 722. The Millbury district ranks 254 out of 351 districts in Massachusetts, at the 28th percentile with 1 star.
Raymond E. Shaw Elementary is the academic bright spot among the tested schools. In 2025–2026 all-grade MCAS it beat the district in ELA, math, and science, and its math proficiency (42.24%) was above the state's 41.11%. It ranked 485 of 899 elementary schools (46th percentile, 2 stars), down from 53rd percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024. Millbury Junior/Senior High shows a completion-versus-proficiency gap: graduation is 94.4% and dropout 3.2%, but all-grade MCAS trailed the state by 12.68 points in ELA, 8.50 in math, and 10.15 in science, with Biology EOC at 18.28% versus 37.68% statewide. Its all-grade ELA fell from 39.66% in 2024–2025 to 27.35% in 2025–2026.
Elmwood Street has no test scores or rank history, which is expected for a PK–2 school since state testing begins in grade 3, so it cannot be judged academically from this data. Its notable figures are the highest student-teacher ratio (14.7) and the lowest per-student spending ($17,459). Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all three schools and spending figures are from 2020–2021, so this is a partial snapshot. Bottom line: Raymond E. Shaw is the strongest academic performer, though its rank and science scores have slipped recently, while the junior/senior high graduates most students but faces broad proficiency challenges.
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