Summary:
South Hamilton, Massachusetts is served by four public schools covering pre-kindergarten through 12th grade — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — all within the Hamilton-Wenham district, which enrolls 1,414 students and ranks 32nd of 351 Massachusetts districts, placing it in the 91st percentile with 5 stars.
The secondary schools lead the district. Hamilton-Wenham Regional High (grades 9–12, 448 students) ranks 26th of 353 high schools — 93rd percentile, 5 stars for three straight years — with a 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate. Its 10th grade results far outpace the state: ELA at 71.55%, Math at 70.69%, and Science at 78.38%, while its Biology End-of-Course score of 86.96% is the highest single subject score in the data set. Miles River Middle (grades 6–8, 391 students) ranks 44th of 478 middle schools at the 91st percentile with 5 stars and has the district's lowest student-teacher ratio at 10.3:1. Its 8th grade results are notably stronger than 7th grade, especially in ELA (76.30% vs. 57.14%) and Math (74.81% vs. 60.32%).
Among the elementary schools, Cutler School (K–5, 246 students) is the most improved school in the data, rising from 37th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 87th percentile and 4 stars in 2025–2026 — a 455-position rank gain — and it now outranks Winthrop School (PK–5, 329 students), which reached 80th percentile and 4 stars. Every school beats the state in every reported subject. Winthrop spends the most per student ($19,962) and has the highest ratio (12.1:1); Cutler spends $18,204 at 11.1:1. Those comparisons are limited, since spending data is from 2020–2021 and free/reduced lunch data is blank for all schools.
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