Summary:
The Nashoba district serves roughly 2,990 students across six schools: three elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. The district ranks 69th of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 80th percentile with 4 stars. District-wide 2025-2026 All Grades scores run about 15 to 18 points above the state in ELA, math, and science, and high school 10th grade results lead the state by roughly 20 to 27 points.
Nashoba Regional is the only high school and the strongest performer: ranked 50th of 353 high schools at the 86th percentile with 4 stars, a 95.6% graduation rate, a 1.5% dropout rate, and 73.5% of 10th graders proficient in ELA — the highest ELA result in the group. Both middle schools are district strengths: Hale (68th of 478) and Luther Burbank Middle School (69th of 478) sit at the 86th percentile with 4 stars. Their paths differ, though — Luther Burbank posted large gains in math (+14.45 points) and science (+15.16 points), while Hale slipped from 5 stars and the 90th percentile but remains above district and state averages. Florence Sawyer School, which serves PK-8, has the best science score among the non-high schools (65.12%) and top math results in grades 7 and 8.
Mary Rowlandson Elementary is the clearest concern: the only 3-star school, ranked 380th of 899 at the 58th percentile, about 12 points below the district in every subject, with math and science declining from the prior year. Center School sits mid-pack at the 76th percentile, with science (50.68%) below the district. Spending figures are from 2020-2021, and free/reduced lunch data is blank for all six schools, so costs and poverty cannot explain these results — notably, the lowest-spending school has the strongest outcomes.
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