Summary:
Leicester, MA has just one public high school in this data set: Leicester High, serving grades 9–12 with 388 students as part of the Leicester district. Because there is only one high school here, families cannot compare schools side by side; the most useful comparisons are Leicester High against its district, against the state, and against its own past results.
The school's clearest strengths are in science and in completion outcomes. Grade 10 Science was 44.30% proficient in 2025–26, above the district's 43.75% and the state's 40.50%, and was 49.21% in 2024–25, above the district's 46.97% and the state's 45.89%. Biology also finished above the state, at 39.39% vs. 37.68% in 2025–26 and 42.17% vs. 39.02% in 2024–25. The graduation rate was 93.1% in 2024–25, above the district's 91.0%, while the 3.4% dropout rate matched the district's. The student-teacher ratio is 10.6, and the school's statewide rank improved from 225th of 348 (35th percentile) in 2023–24 to 195th of 349 (44th percentile) in 2024–25, then held near that level at 201st of 353 (43rd percentile) in 2025–26.
The main concern is Physics End of Course, where just 6.98% were proficient — below the district's 8.89% and far below the state's 46.58%, a gap of nearly 40 percentage points. English Language Arts and Mathematics also trail the state, though they edge out the district: ELA was 36.47% vs. the state's 45.48%, and Mathematics 34.15% vs. 43.73%. ELA dropped from 45.83% to 36.47% year over year, widening its gap to the state, while Mathematics rose slightly from 32.88% to 34.15%. Per-student spending was $14,827 in 2020–21, and the free/reduced-lunch figure is blank, so economic context is unavailable. The district summary line shows 260th of 351, 26th percentile, 1 star, though that ranking universe is not directly comparable to the school's.
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