Methuen

The Methuen district includes five public schools in this data set — one high school and four K–8 grammar schools — serving 6,301 students, with the district rated 278th of 351 in Massachusetts (21st percentile, 1 star). Methuen High enrolls 1,841 students in grades 9–12, about 29% of the group, while the grammar schools range from 996 to 1,246 students each: Tenney Grammar School, Donald P Timony Grammar, Comprehensive Grammar School, and Marsh Grammar School. Scores shown are MCAS Next Generation percent proficient; free/reduced lunch data is blank for every school, so economic context is unknown.

Marsh Grammar School is the standout (40th percentile, 2 stars), leading all grammar schools in ELA at 37.2%, math at 34.98%, science at 36.79%, and civics at 42.45% — the only listed score above the state civics figure of 39.77%. Comprehensive Grammar School ranks second (35th percentile, 2 stars) with ELA at 35.75% and math at 31.38%, though its science score of 24.41% sits below the district figure of 25.95%. Donald P Timony Grammar is the most improved, moving from the 13th to the 19th percentile, with science rising from 19.67% to 27.53% and ELA from 21.65% to 27.68% — the only grammar school with meaningful gains in those subjects.

Tenney Grammar School has the weakest outcomes (13th percentile), falling below the district in every subject, with math at 19.28% and a rank declining over three years. Methuen High pairs a 91.9% graduation rate — above the district's 90.9% — with very low proficiency, including 10th grade math at 20.39% versus the state's 43.73%. Math is the systemwide weakness: the K–8 average is 27.33% against the state's 41.11%.