Halifax

Halifax has exactly one listed school — Halifax Elementary, a K–6 elementary school serving 531 students as part of the Halifax district in Massachusetts. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools in this data, so Halifax Elementary is both the only school option and, by default, the standout. It earns a 4-star rating and ranks 200th out of 899 Massachusetts schools, placing it in the 78th percentile. The Halifax district ranks 74th out of 351 districts, also 4 stars, in the 79th percentile.

Halifax Elementary outperforms the state in every tested subject. In 2025–2026 all-grade results, ELA proficiency is 60.71% versus the state's 40.03% (+20.68 points), Science is 58.97% versus 40.98% (+17.99 points), and Math is 53.31% versus 41.11% (+12.20 points). ELA and Science are the relative strengths; Math is solidly above state but with the narrowest margin. At the grade level, 5th grade stands out most: 65.38% in ELA, 63.29% in Math (a +23.79 point advantage over the state), and 58.97% in Science. Third-grade Math is the closest to state performance at 46.48% versus 42.19%, a gap of just +4.29 points — still above state, but the smallest subject-grade advantage in the data.

The trend line is encouraging. Halifax Elementary improved from 241st of 916 schools in 2023–2024 to 218th of 906 in 2024–2025 to 200th of 899 in 2025–2026, with its percentile rising from 74 to 78 while holding 4 stars each year. Year over year, Math and Science proficiency grew (+0.85 and +1.62 points), while ELA slipped slightly (−1.97 points) but remains high. Because Halifax Elementary is the only school in the district, district proficiency figures mirror the school's exactly. Two caveats for families: free/reduced-lunch data was not provided, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed, and the only spending figure available is $12,640 per student from 2020–2021, which may not reflect current resources.