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Best Public Schools in Nantucket County, MA

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Schools

1,719

Students

Top rankedCyrus Peirce236^th of 478 Massachusetts middle schools

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Biggest riser

Nantucket Intermediate School up 108 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Biology (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Physics (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Biology End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Physics End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Nantucket Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	30 Surfside Road	Nantucket	02554	Nantucket County	Nantucket	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 228-7290	399	43	9.2	44.4%	127 (31.8%)	42 (10.5%)	195 (48.9%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.0%)								(n/a)																								$30,624
Cyrus Peirce	Public	6-8	10 Surfside Road	Nantucket	02554	Nantucket County	Nantucket	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 228-7283	358	36	10.0	35.5%	145 (40.5%)	28 (7.8%)	163 (45.5%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.0%)	43	236^th of 478 public middle schools	50.6%		41	262^nd of 484 public middle schools	45.9%	26				33.3	29.6	40.2		34.5				28.7	22.4	36.4		29.3		46.3		46.3			35.8	$28,295
Nantucket High	Public	9-12	10 Surfside Road	Nantucket	02554	Nantucket County	Nantucket	No	No	No	No	(508) 228-7280	596	55	10.8	28.9%	261 (43.8%)	60 (10.1%)	237 (39.8%)	12 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.2%)	42.1	203^rd of 353 public high schools	42.5%		57.6	153^rd of 349 public high schools	56.2%	50							38.2								35.8				32.7		41.7	30.0		$27,182
Nantucket Intermediate School	Public	3-5	30 Surfside Road	Nantucket	02554	Nantucket County	Nantucket	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 228-7285	366	38	9.7	36.3%	150 (41.0%)	25 (6.8%)	164 (44.8%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.5%)	26.3	657^th of 899 public elementary schools	26.9%		17.8	765^th of 906 public elementary schools	15.6%	108	17.4	20.6	25.2					21.2	15.6	33.8	36.4					29.2	41.5			41.5				$31,121

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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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