Best Public Schools in Salisbury, MA

Salisbury, Massachusetts, has one public school in this data set—Salisbury Elementary, an elementary school serving grades PK–6 with 386 students in the Triton district—and the area lists 1 elementary, 0 middle, 0 high, and 0 alternative schools, so there are no within-city comparisons. Salisbury Elementary is the standout by default, and its ranking has improved three straight years: 578 of 916 (37th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024, 461 of 906 (49th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025, and 355 of 899 (61st percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. That is a 223-position improvement and +24 percentile points. The Triton district ranks 111 of 351, at the 68th percentile with 3 stars.

In 2025–2026 all-grade MCAS, the school outperformed the state in all three subjects but trailed the district: ELA 43.59% vs. state 40.03% and district 51.34%; math 47.45% vs. state 41.11% and district 51.22%; science 56.41% vs. state 40.98% and district 60.14%. Year over year, ELA rose +8.97 points, math +4.18 points, and science +0.35 points. ELA moved from 6.91 points below the state in 2024–2025 to 3.56 points above it in 2025–2026. Science was 3.33 points above district in 2024–2025 but 3.73 points below in 2025–2026, as district science rose from 52.73% to 60.14%. Grade-level results vary: 4th-grade ELA is +12.57 points above state, 4th-grade math +8.97, while 5th-grade ELA is 16.22 points below district and 3rd-grade math 14.77 points below district.

For parents, this school is improving and now performs above the state in all three tested subjects, while remaining below the Triton district in most all-grade measures. Strong relative results appear in 4th-grade ELA and math; science is a state-relative strength, though the district’s science results surged. Watch 5th-grade ELA and 3rd-grade math, both well below district, and the large 6th-grade gap between math (52.24%) and ELA (38.81%). The school reports a 9:1 student-teacher ratio and $20,694 per-student spending in 2020–2021, but free/reduced-lunch data is blank/not reported, limiting context. With only one school in Salisbury, parents should judge Salisbury Elementary on its own trajectory and grade-level variation.