Summary:
Schools in the city of Swansea, Massachusetts make up a small, close-knit district: six public schools — four elementary, one middle, and one high school — serving about 1,991 students, roughly split between secondary enrollment (1,004 in grades 6–12) and elementary enrollment (987). The Swansea district is ranked 146th of 351 Massachusetts districts, at the 58th percentile with 3 stars. The largest school is Joseph Case High (514 students) and the smallest is Joseph G Luther (194).
Joseph Case High is the clear standout: the only 4-star school here, ranked 96th of 353 (73rd percentile), up from 2 stars and 48th percentile two years earlier. Its 10th-grade science score is 16.38 points above the state, math 12.52 points above, and its graduation rate (94.5%) and dropout rate (3.1%) both beat the district. Joseph G Luther is the most improved, rising from 2 stars to 3 stars and from 44th to 59th percentile, though its 4th grade is exceptionally strong while 5th grade lags well below the state. Elizabeth S Brown scores above the state in ELA, math, and science but has slipped from 62nd to 56th percentile. Joseph Case Junior High is a steady 3-star school with strong science (12.07 points above the state) and civics, but ELA below district and state.
Science is the district's strongest subject overall, while ELA is mixed. Gardner and Mark G Hoyle Elementary serve only early grades, so they have no current test scores; their only rankings are from 2002–2003 and aren't comparable. Their resource contrast is striking: Mark G Hoyle has the highest per-student spending ($17,591) and a low student-teacher ratio (11.7), while Gardner has the lowest spending ($13,430) and the highest ratio (18.5). Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable for every school, so socioeconomic context can't be analyzed; spending figures are from 2020–2021, so resource comparisons are descriptive only.
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