Bourne

Bourne has four public schools: two elementary (Bournedale Elementary School serves PK–2 and Bourne Intermediate School serves 3–5), one middle (Bourne Middle School serves 6–8), and one high (Bourne High School serves 9–12), totaling 1,519 students. The district ranks 238 of 351 (32nd percentile, 2 stars). Free/reduced-lunch data is blank; per-pupil spending is from 2020–21, student-teacher ratios from 2024–25, and test scores are MCAS Next Generation proficiency.

Bourne High School is the standout: rank 148/353, 58th percentile, 3 stars (up from 42nd percentile/2 stars in 2024–25). Graduation rate is 91.5%, dropout 4.9%. 10th-grade ELA is 52.38% proficient vs. 45.48% state, and Science 10 is 46.58% vs. 40.50%, but Math 10 is 37.80% vs. 43.73% and Biology End of Course is 29.79% vs. 37.68%. Bourne Middle School improved from 36th percentile (2023–24) to 45th percentile (2025–26), 2 stars; science rose from 29.20% to 34.29%. It outperforms the district in ELA, math, science, and civics but trails the state in every subject. Bourne Intermediate School declined to 24th percentile/1 star; its 2025–26 all-grade ELA (29.26%), math (24.43%), and science (27.93%) are below district and state. Its 5th-grade math score of 17.12% (vs. 39.50% state) is the lowest single proficiency figure. Bournedale Elementary School has the largest enrollment (425), highest per-pupil spending ($22,466), and highest student-teacher ratio (12.8); it has no recent test data, and its historical ranks (2016–2019) were around 22nd–25th percentile with 1 star.

Math is the district-wide weak point: every school with current math data is below state — High 37.80% vs. 43.73%, Middle 30.75% vs. 41.11%, Intermediate 24.43% vs. 41.11%. Middle school civics is a major outlier: 23.57% vs. 39.77% state, a 16.20-point gap, the largest subject gap. High school strengths are subject-specific. Resource comparisons are cautious because spending (2020–21), ratios (2024–25), and test scores come from different years. The district average (32nd percentile/2 stars) masks internal differences: 1 star at Intermediate to 3 stars at High. Overall, the high school is relatively strong, the middle school is improving, and the elementary/intermediate pipeline is the clearest concern.