Summary:
Rochester, Massachusetts has two schools in this data set — one elementary school and one high school, with a total listed enrollment of 1,027 students and no middle or alternative schools — so families here move from a PK–6 elementary directly into a regional vocational-technical high school.
Rochester Memorial, the local PK–6 elementary school (473 students), is the clear academic standout. Its district, Rochester, ranks 116th of 351 districts (67th percentile, 3 stars), and the school itself ranked 289th of 899 in 2025–26 (68th percentile, 3 stars) — holding steady at 3 stars across 2023–24, 2024–25, and 2025–26. It scored above the state in every reported 2025–26 area: ELA all grades 46.25 vs. 40.03, mathematics 53.13 vs. 41.11, and science 54.84 vs. 40.98. It also beat the state at every reported grade level, with its strongest result in 3rd grade mathematics (59.68 vs. 42.19, a 17.49-point advantage) and its narrowest margin in 5th grade ELA (still 1.19 points above state). Scores dipped slightly from 2024–25, but remain comfortably above state.
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical (554 students, grades 9–12, in the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical district) shows a mixed picture. Completion outcomes are excellent: a 99.2% graduation rate and 0.8% dropout rate. Academically, though, its latest MCAS proficiency is below state in all three reported subjects — ELA grade 10 at 30.83 vs. 45.48, mathematics 30.3 vs. 43.73, and science 20.9 vs. 40.5 — after steep year-over-year declines, including a 29.85-point science drop. Its rank fell from the 54th percentile (3 stars) in 2024–25 to the 26th percentile (1 star) in 2025–26. Old Colony spends more per student ($22,808 vs. $16,248) and has a lower student-teacher ratio (9 vs. 11.4), yet lower latest proficiency. Note that free/reduced lunch is not reported for either school, spending data is from 2020–21, and the schools serve different grade spans, so each is best compared with its own state benchmark.
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