Summary:
Scituate, Massachusetts is a coastal town south of Boston whose Scituate district has six schools — four elementary (PK/K–5), one middle (6–8) and one high school (9–12) — serving 2,744 students, and it ranks 56th of 351 Massachusetts districts, in the 84th percentile, with a 4-star rating at every school in every year on record.
Within that uniform strength, the schools differ in clear ways. Jenkins Elementary School posts the district's highest 2025-26 percentile (85th) and its best science result — 67.8% proficient, 26.8 points above the state — plus the strongest single grade-subject result in the data, 4th-grade math at 82.98%. Gates Middle School has the best three-year average percentile (85.0), the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.1), and 8th-grade math at 66.51%. Scituate High School shows the strongest raw outcomes — above the state in every subject, with a 98% graduation rate and 1% dropout — though its rank slipped from 53rd to 72nd. Wampatuck Elementary is the largest elementary with the best math (66.85%) but the weakest science (49.12%); Hatherly Elementary spends the most ($19,437 per pupil) with the smallest enrollment; Cushing Elementary is the one clear decline flag, sliding from the 85th to the 77th percentile across three years.
Parents should note that grade cohorts often swing more than whole schools differ. Wampatuck's 4th-grade ELA (70.69%) sits about 29 points above its own 5th grade (41.38%), and Hatherly's 4th-grade math (80%) is roughly 35 points above its 3rd grade. Science also dropped sharply in 2025-26 at the high school (down 22.95 points) and at some elementaries, steeper than statewide. Free/reduced-price lunch is not reported for any school, so these differences cannot be adjusted for student economic background.
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