Billerica

Billerica has eight public schools — five elementary (K–4), two middle (5–7), and one high school (8–12) — serving 4,972 students. The Billerica district profile is rank 175 of 351, 50th percentile, 3 stars, so the district overall sits mid-pack. Enrollment is concentrated at Billerica Memorial High School, which alone accounts for 36.5% of students; elementary schools hold 40.8% and middle schools 22.7%. Because results vary far more from school to school than the district rating suggests, it pays to compare schools directly.

The brightest academic signals: John F Kennedy has the highest math proficiency at 57.72%, 16.61 points above the state, and Locke Middle is the most balanced middle school — above state in ELA, math, and science — with the lowest student-teacher ratio at 10.8. Frederick J Dutile leads all schools in ELA at 46.90%, and Marshall Middle School is above state in ELA (45.54%) and math (42.16%). Billerica Memorial High School is a science standout at 50.55% All Grades and 54.86% in 10th grade, with a 97.4% graduation rate and 1.6% dropout rate.

Schools needing attention: Hajjar Elementary has the lowest math proficiency (34.51%) and Parker the lowest ELA (33.13%). Thomas Ditson slipped from the 59th to the 44th percentile over three years. Fourth-grade ELA is a district-wide weak spot: the district scores 32.44% against the state's 37.43%. Most schools declined in rank percentile over the past three years, and math fell sharply from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 at most elementary and middle schools, while the high school's math rose from 20.97% to 37.16%.