Braintree

Braintree has nine public schools — six elementary schools serving grades K–4, two middle schools serving grades 5–8, and one high school serving grades 9–12 — with 5,209 students in total. The district is ranked 82 of 351 districts statewide (77th percentile, 4 stars), and seven of the nine schools hold 4-star ratings. Every listed school scores above the state average in math, and all but one are above the state average in ELA. Sizes vary widely: Donald Ross is the smallest at 182 students, while Braintree High is the largest at 1,694.

Several schools stand out. Hollis is the top-ranked elementary school (116 of 899, 87th percentile, 4 stars), with ELA proficiency of 66.14% versus the district's 48.81%. South Middle School leads the middle schools (84 of 478, 82nd percentile, 4 stars), beating district averages in ELA, math, science, and civics, and posting the highest science score in the data at 64.94%. Highlands has the highest math score of any listed school at 64.75%, while Mary E Flaherty School (85th percentile) is strong in both ELA (62.07%) and math (62.76%). Braintree High reports a 95.9% graduation rate and 3.9% dropout rate.

Three schools trail district averages: Archie T Morrison (lowest rank, 51st percentile, 3 stars), East Middle School, and Donald Ross, where 4th-grade ELA drops to 33.33% from 60.98% in 3rd grade. Notably, spending and class size do not track results: Mary E Flaherty School has the highest per-student spending ($20,266) with strong outcomes, while Archie T Morrison has the second-highest ($18,839) and the lowest results. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all schools, and spending figures date to 2020–2021.