Fairhaven

Fairhaven has four public schools serving 1,727 students in total: two elementary schools covering PK–5 (Leroy Wood and East Fairhaven), one middle school for grades 6–8 (Hastings Middle), and one high school for grades 9–12 (Fairhaven High). The Fairhaven district overall ranks 174 of 351 districts, at the 50th percentile with 3 stars, which places it in the middle of Massachusetts districts. That average, however, hides large differences between the individual schools.

Leroy Wood is the clear standout, at the 77th percentile with 4 stars in 2025–2026 and 78th percentile in the two prior years. Its all-grade MCAS proficiency beats the state by 14.42 points in ELA, 19.62 in Math, and 16.83 in Science. At the other end, East Fairhaven has declined from the 53rd to the 49th to the 42nd percentile over three years, with 2 stars, and now trails the state in ELA, Math, and Science. Both serve the same grade span, yet Leroy Wood outperforms East Fairhaven by 19.64 points in ELA, 22.12 in Math, and 19.35 in Science.

Hastings Middle improved to the 62nd percentile and is above the state in Math and Science, but its ELA is 3.46 points below state and 7th-grade ELA is 10.25 points below. Fairhaven High sits at the 46th percentile, below the district average, with a strong 94.0% graduation rate and 2.0% dropout rate but 10th-grade science 6.64 points below state and Biology 6.32 points below. Resource data do not line up with results: East Fairhaven has the highest 2020–2021 per-student spending ($16,128) and lowest student-teacher ratio (10.6), while Leroy Wood has the highest ratio (13.9) and stronger outcomes. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for any school, so economic comparisons are not possible.