Millis

The Millis school district in Massachusetts consists of three schools: Clyde F Brown Elementary School, Millis High School, and Millis Middle School. While the district as a whole is ranked in the middle of the state, Millis High School stands out as a clear top performer, significantly outpacing its feeder schools in academic achievement.

Millis High School boasts impressive MCAS proficiency rates, with 77.6% of 10th graders scoring proficient or better in English Language Arts, 63.6% in Math, and 68.4% in Science. The school also maintains a high 93.6% 4-year graduation rate and a low 3.2% dropout rate. In contrast, Clyde F Brown Elementary School has struggled, ranking in the bottom half of Massachusetts elementary schools and earning only a 3-star rating, with MCAS scores closer to the district and state averages. Millis Middle School falls somewhere in the middle, ranking in the top 20-25% of Massachusetts middle schools and earning a 4-star rating.

The stark performance gap between the elementary/middle schools and the high school may be attributed to factors such as higher spending per student ($18,898 at the high school versus $16,962 at the elementary school) and lower student-teacher ratios (10.9 at the high school versus 13.5 at the elementary school). Understanding the root causes behind the relatively weaker performance at the lower grades could inform strategies to improve outcomes across the entire Millis school system.