Ipswich

Schools in the Ipswich district include four schools serving PK–12: two elementary, one middle, and one high school, with 1,563 students. The district is ranked 72 of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 79th percentile with 4 stars, and all four schools also show 4 stars. Elementary students are about 47% of enrollment, middle school 24%, and high school 29%. Ranks are within level-specific pools, so high schools are compared with high schools, middle schools with middle schools, and elementary schools with elementary schools.

At the upper levels, Ipswich High has strong outcomes: 10th-grade MCAS proficiency is 64.58% in ELA, 60.42% in math, 57.89% in science, and 48.62% in biology, all above state, plus a 96.6% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate. But its rank slipped from 58 of 349 to 74 of 353, and 10th-grade scores fell year over year. Ipswich Middle School is the most rank-stable school, around the 79th–81st percentile for three years. Its ELA is 61.29% vs district 55.72% and state 40.03%, and science rose +11.94 points to 54.69% while math rose +5.31 points to 55.99%; civics dropped to 44.63%. 6th-grade ELA is 71.17% and math 66.36%.

Among the elementary schools, Paul F Doyon Memorial has the strongest math at 61.08% and science at 65.45%, with a rank of 184 of 899 and 80th percentile. Winthrop has the highest current science at 68.00%, but lower ELA at 49.71% and a more volatile rank, now 242 of 899 at 73rd percentile; its 5th-grade ELA is 40.00% vs state 38.15%. Across the Ipswich district, current all-grade results are ELA 55.72%, math 56.76%, and science 60.43%, all above state. Every reported MCAS score exceeds state, though elementary ELA is below district average. Spending shows no simple link to performance, and free/reduced lunch data is unavailable. Overall, Ipswich is high-performing; watch items are the high school’s recent decline, middle school science relative to the district, and elementary ELA.