Summary:
Rowe, Massachusetts is a small town served by a single public school: Rowe Elementary, a PK–6 school with 54 students in the Rowe district. Because the district contains only this one school, district-level test scores are identical to the school's scores, and there are no other schools in the area to compare it against.
The most encouraging story at Rowe Elementary is its improvement in state ranking. In 2021–2022 it ranked 905th of 932 schools, in the 3rd percentile; by 2024–2025 it had climbed to 351st of 906, in the 61st percentile — a 58-point percentile gain. That improvement was matched by strong 2024–2025 MCAS Next Generation results, when the school exceeded state averages in English language arts by 1.33 points, in mathematics by 2.12 points, and in science by 16.82 points. Science was the standout: 58.33% proficient compared with the state's 41.51%. The school also has a notably low student-teacher ratio of 5.5:1 and per-student spending of $28,842 in 2020–2021.
The newest results are a caution. In 2025–2026, all-grade ELA was 23.53% versus the state's 40.03%, and all-grade mathematics was 26.47% versus 41.11%, gaps of about 16.5 and 14.6 percentage points. Sixth-grade ELA was 41.67%, slightly above the state's 40.26%, while sixth-grade mathematics was 33.33% against 42.59%, indicating uneven performance across grades and subjects. Parents should note the school's very small size: with 54 students, a single cohort can swing percentage-based scores sharply. The free/reduced-lunch rate is not reported, there is no 2023–2024 rank history, no 2025–2026 science scores, and no middle or high schools in the data set, so long-term trends should be viewed as tentative.
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