Best Public Schools in Truro, MA

Summary:

The city of Truro, Massachusetts has just one public elementary school, Truro Central Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. Despite its small size, with only 91 students, Truro Central is a standout school, ranking in the top 27% of all Massachusetts elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year.

Truro Central Elementary School boasts a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and consistently outperforms the state average on MCAS tests, with 48.28% of students proficient or better in ELA, 56.67% in Math, and an impressive 70% in Science. The school's strong academic performance is likely due in part to its low student-teacher ratio of 5.6 to 1 and high per-student spending of $43,114, which is significantly higher than the state average.

While the school's overall performance is impressive, more information is needed to fully understand how it serves economically disadvantaged students, as the data on free and reduced-price lunch rates is not provided. Nevertheless, Truro Central Elementary School appears to be a high-quality educational institution that is making positive strides in improving its statewide ranking over time.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2025)			MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2025)			MCAS Next Generation Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Total
Truro Central	Public	PK, KG-5	317 Route 6	Truro	02666	Barnstable County	Truro	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 487-1558	78	14	5.4		50 (64.1%)	7 (9.0%)	8 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (16.7%)	73	248^th of 906 public elementary schools	72.6%		42.7	539^th of 916 public elementary schools	41.2%	291	50.0	40.0	48.3	54.6	70.0	56.7	70.0	70.0	$53,789

Cities Near Truro

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wellfleet	3.78 mi	1	184^th
Provincetown	8.47 mi	1	289^th
North Eastham	10.1 mi	1	180^th
Eastham	11.17 mi	1	77^th
Orleans	14.8 mi	2	83^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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