High Schools in Melrose

Melrose is served by exactly one public high school — Melrose High, located at 360 Lynn Fells Parkway — so families here have a single option for grades 9–12, enrolling about 967 students. The surrounding Melrose district ranks 29th of 351 Massachusetts districts (92nd percentile) and holds a 5-star rating, while Melrose High itself ranks 51st of 353 high schools statewide (86th percentile, 4 stars). Because there is no in-city peer school, the meaningful comparisons are against the district and the state as a whole.

Academically, the school beats the state average in every subject measured. In 2025–2026, 10th-grade English Language Arts proficiency was 78.37% versus 45.48% statewide, mathematics 67.22% versus 43.73%, science 60.89% versus 40.50%, and Biology (End of Course) 56.03% versus 37.68% — margins ranging from roughly 18 to 33 points. Completion outcomes are equally strong: a 98.8% graduation rate against the district's 97.6%, and a 0.4% dropout rate, equivalent to about four students. The student–teacher ratio is 12.8 to 1, roughly 75–76 teachers for 967 students, and per-student spending was $14,432, though that figure is from 2020–2021 and is several years older than the current test and ranking data.

Two trends are worth watching. English Language Arts is the school's clearest strength, running about 32 points above the state in both years reported, and mathematics improved from 64.34% to 67.22% while its lead over the state widened. Science, by contrast, fell from 71.49% to 60.89%, the one subject where the school's advantage over the state narrowed noticeably — though all three levels (school, district, and state) declined in both ELA and science, suggesting a broader exam-year effect. Rank history shows a step up from 81st percentile in 2023–2024 to 87th, then a plateau at 86th. The main gap in the data is that the free/reduced lunch percentage is not reported, so results cannot be read alongside student economic composition.