Summary:
Webster, Massachusetts has three public schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Park Avenue Elementary (PK–4), Webster Middle School (5–8), and Bartlett High School (9–12), together enrolling about 1,712 students in the Webster district.
All three schools rank in the bottom decile of Massachusetts schools for 2025–2026, and the district as a whole ranks 342 of 351, in the 3rd percentile with 0 stars. Comparing them, Park Avenue Elementary is the relative standout: it has the highest ELA proficiency (18.57%) and math proficiency (21.51%) in the city, and its 4th grade math score of 26.47% is the highest single school-level proficiency figure in Webster. Still, both subjects fell sharply from 2024–2025, and the school's percentile dropped from 24 to 11. Webster Middle School shows a bright spot in grade 5 — science 24.00%, ELA 19.20%, math 16.80% — but 8th grade is weak across ELA (10.32%), math (12.60%), science (13.60%), and civics (11.90%). Bartlett High School has the largest gaps: 10th grade ELA 10.39%, math 15.58%, science 8.82%, and biology 10.38%, all far below state levels.
For families, the biggest concerns are at the high school, where the graduation rate is 79.6% — roughly 1 in 5 students did not graduate in four years — and the dropout rate is 9.7%, above the district's 9.2%. Across all three schools, per-student spending ranges from $16,086 to $19,861 and student-teacher ratios are fairly low (11.6 to 12.7), yet proficiency remains far below state averages. Note that free/reduced lunch data are blank for these schools, so economic context cannot be assessed. State proficiency stands at 40.03% in ELA and 41.11% in math.
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