Dracut

Dracut, Massachusetts has six schools — four elementary schools serving PK-5 or K-5, one middle school for grades 6-8, and one high school for grades 9-12 — with a combined enrollment of 3,491 students (1,783 elementary, 916 middle, and 792 high school). All six belong to the Dracut district, which ranks 212 of 351 districts statewide (40th percentile, 2 stars), so school-by-school comparisons are more informative than the repeated district rating. Spending figures are from 2020-2021, and free/reduced-lunch data are blank for every school, so equity comparisons cannot be made.

Among the elementary schools, Joseph A Campbell Elementary is the most balanced performer, beating state levels in ELA (46.89), math (44.36), and science (48.00) in 2025-26, and holding the highest elementary rank percentile at 60 (3 stars). Greenmont Avenue posts the standout single result — 61.29% proficient in science, over 20 points above the state — but it is the smallest school at 211 students, and its ELA and math trail state levels. Brookside Elementary is the clearest improver, with science up 18.23 points year over year and a rank percentile rising from 39 to 49. At the middle level, Justus C. Richardson Middle School has climbed from a 50 to 59 rank percentile, with math and civics gains, though its science score of 30.12 remains far below the state.

The biggest concern is Dracut Senior High, where 10th-grade ELA (34.20), math (29.57), and science (30.81) all fall well below state levels and the rank percentile has declined three years running — even though graduation (90.9%) and dropout (5.3%) rates beat the district. George H. Englesby Elementary School also declined in all three subjects and dropped from 3 stars to 2. Notably, the highest-spending school has the weakest test scores, while the lowest-spending school is improving — with only six schools and outdated spending data, that pattern should not be read as causal.