Dennis-Yarmouth

The Dennis-Yarmouth district serves about 3,054 students across six schools — four elementary, one middle, and one high school — on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Students attend Ezra H Baker Innovation School (PK–3), Marguerite E Small Elementary (PK–3), Station Avenue Elementary (K–3), Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate School (4–5), Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School (6–7), and Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High (8–12). The district ranks 268 of 351 in Massachusetts — the 24th percentile, at 1 star — so overall results sit below the state average. Free/reduced-lunch data are blank for all six schools, so comparisons by economic disadvantage cannot be made.

Station Avenue is the clearest academic bright spot: 64.49% of students were proficient in math in 2025–2026, roughly 23 points above the state and nearly 30 above the district. Marguerite E Small also beats state math at 50.00%, though its ELA (37.93%) is slightly below state. Ezra H Baker posted strong 2024–2025 results but slipped in 2025–2026 (ELA 39.74%, math 38.46%) despite the district's highest per-student spending at $27,524. Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High is improving — its rank percentile rose from 21 to 37 over two years, and its 91.0% graduation rate and 3.2% dropout rate beat the district — but all-grade scores remain low (ELA 25.54%, math 20.32%, science 27.81%).

Across the district, science is the largest gap versus the state (28.98% vs 40.98%, a 12-point shortfall), followed by ELA (−9.72 points) and math (−6.55 points). Elementary math is a relative strength — all four elementary schools beat the district math average — while ELA is weak nearly everywhere except Station Avenue. Dennis-Yarmouth Middle shows a sharp split: 6th-grade math (39.32%) is close to state, but 7th-grade math falls to 23.24%. Science is volatile; Intermediate was near state at 41.18% in 2024–2025, then dropped to 30.94%. Spending ranges from $20,613 at Intermediate to $27,524 at Baker and does not clearly track outcomes.