Concord

Concord, MA has four schools in this data set: three elementary schools serving PK–5 (Alcott, Willard, and Thoreau) and one middle school serving grades 6–8 (Concord Middle); no high school or alternative school appears in this list. Together they enroll 1,914 students. The Concord district is ranked 28th of 351 districts in Massachusetts, at the 92nd percentile, with a 5-star rating, and every listed school beats the state average in every reported subject.

Concord Middle is the academic anchor: it has the best current scores, the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.6), and 5-star rankings for three straight years, currently 23rd of 478 middle schools (95th percentile). Its 2025–26 all-grades proficiency is ELA 72.67%, math 73.93%, science 77.31%, and civics 66.51%. Willard is the strongest and most consistent elementary — 79th of 899, 91st percentile, 5 stars — with the highest elementary math (69.19%) and science (72.46%). Thoreau posts the highest individual grade-level scores in the set, 3rd-grade ELA at 85.11% and 4th-grade math at 79.69%, but its science fell from 79.37% to 60.27%. Alcott is the relative low performer this year — 157th of 899, 83rd percentile, below the district in ELA, math, and science — with the highest student-teacher ratio (11.6) and the lowest 2020–21 per-pupil spending ($21,650), though it still exceeds state averages.

Districtwide, ELA fell 5.22 points, science 6.17 points, and civics 7.05 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while math rose 0.90 points; science declined at every school. Fifth grade is a relative weak spot, with Alcott’s 5th-grade ELA at 46.48%, the lowest reported grade-level score, while 3rd and 4th grade hold the highest peaks. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all four schools and spending figures are from 2020–21, so resource comparisons should be read cautiously.