Best High Schools in Saugus, MA

Saugus High is the only public high school in Saugus, Massachusetts, serving grades 9–12 with 744 students in the Saugus district, so city-level and school-level high school data describe the same school.

For parents comparing results, Saugus High is a 2-star school ranked 244 of 353 in 2025–2026, at the 31st percentile, while the Saugus district is ranked 271 of 351, at the 23rd percentile with 1 star. Its rank has softened slightly, from 223 of 348 and the 36th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 31st percentile in 2025–2026, but it remains above its district. The graduation rate for 2024–2025 is 85.6%, about 1.5 percentage points above the district’s 84.1%; the dropout rate is 9.9%, slightly higher than the district’s 9.1%. In MCAS Next Generation 2025–2026, Biology End of Course is the standout: 51.28% proficient, above the district’s 48.84% and the state’s 37.68%.

Core 10th-grade results are the main concern. In 2025–2026, Saugus High reports 28.21% proficient in ELA, 30.32% in Mathematics, and 23.24% in Science, all below state levels—by 17.27, 13.41, and 17.26 percentage points, respectively. ELA and Science also declined sharply from 2024–2025, falling 9.07 and 13.82 percentage points, while Mathematics was more stable. The district is also below state in these subjects. A separate 2024–2025 Biology All Grades result was 19.88%, below the state’s 39.02%, but it covers a different grade scope and year and should not be read as a trend against the End of Course result. Other context: student-teacher ratio is 15.4 for 2024–2025, per-student spending is $17,754 from 2020–2021, and the free/reduced-lunch percentage is not reported in this extract, so it should not be treated as zero.