Summary:
Ashburnham-Westminster is a five-school Massachusetts district serving roughly 2,255 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: three elementary schools (Meetinghouse School, PK–1; Westminster Elementary, grades 2–5; and Briggs Elementary, PK–5), one middle school (Overlook Middle School, grades 6–8), and one high school (Oakmont Regional High School, grades 9–12). The district itself is listed as 208 of 351 statewide, 41st percentile, 2 stars — but that single rating hides a clear split between its schools.
The split runs along grade level. The middle and high schools are both 3-star schools: Overlook ranks 171 of 478 (64th percentile, 3 stars), the strongest overall rank in the district, and Oakmont ranks 137 of 353 (61st percentile, 3 stars). Both are solid and stable across recent years — Overlook at 61st percentile in 2024-25 and 63rd in 2023-24, Oakmont at 67th and 57th. Oakmont also posts a 98.7% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, with ELA and science above state, though its Biology End of Course score (32.73 vs. state 37.68) and math (43.05 vs. 43.73) trail. The two ranked elementary schools are 2-star: Briggs at 543 of 899 (40th percentile) and Westminster at 558 of 899 (38th percentile). Meetinghouse School serves PK–1, so it has no rank or test data and cannot be compared academically.
Looking at 2025-26 results, math is a district-wide relative weakness: every tested school fell below its state math benchmark, from Overlook's narrow miss (41.02 vs. 41.11) to Briggs' larger gap (33.78 vs. 41.11). Science splits sharply by level — Oakmont and Overlook above state, Briggs and Westminster far below. Fifth grade is the clearest pressure point, with district 5th grade math at 26.29 vs. state 39.5, science 29.71 vs. 43.07, and ELA 30.86 vs. 38.15; both elementary schools were below state in all three. Fourth grade math is a bright spot, with Briggs and Westminster both exceeding state. Resources do not map simply onto outcomes: Briggs has the lowest student/teacher ratio (12.1) and $15,548 per-student spending, Westminster the lowest spending ($12,855), and Meetinghouse the highest spending ($16,235) and highest ratio (15.0) but no tested grades. Free/reduced lunch figures are blank for all five schools, so poverty data is unknown, not zero.
Thank you for your feedback!