Douglas

Douglas is a PK–12 Massachusetts district with four schools — two elementary, one middle, and one high school — and no alternative school listed, serving 1,113 students across Douglas Primary School (PK–1, 222 students), Douglas Elementary School (grades 2–5, 340), Douglas Middle School (grades 6–8, 284), and Douglas High School (grades 9–12, 267); the district is ranked 202 of 351 statewide, at the 42nd percentile with 2 stars.

Douglas Middle School is the clear academic standout and the only 4-star school here, ranking 144 of 478 at the 70th percentile. Its all-grade results beat both district and state in ELA (45.45% proficient versus district 39.88% and state 40.03%) and math (51.34% versus 46.46% and 41.11%), and its 6th-grade math score of 60.42% is the strongest single result in this group, far above the state's 42.59%. Douglas High School tells a different story: completion is excellent, with a 98.5% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, plus the district's lowest student-teacher ratio (7.2) and highest per-student spending ($18,502). Yet its 10th-grade MCAS results fall below state in ELA (34.48% versus 45.48%), math (29.31% versus 43.73%), and science (28.57% versus 40.50%), with Biology End of Course the exception at 41.27%, above the state's 37.68%.

Douglas Elementary School is mixed but improving, moving from the 36th to the 45th percentile, though it remains at 2 stars. Grades 3 and 4 math are bright spots at 51.19% and 52.44%, each about 9 points above state, but 5th-grade ELA and math both sit at 21.62%, far below state. Douglas Primary School serves PK–1 and has no test scores or rank history in this data, so it cannot be compared academically; it has the district's highest student-teacher ratio at 13.8. Because free/reduced-lunch percentages are not reported, socioeconomic context cannot be factored in, and spending and staffing do not line up simply with outcomes — the middle school spends less and performs best.