Summary:
Newburyport has four public schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12 — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — with combined enrollment of about 2,107 students. The Newburyport district as a whole ranks 99 of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars. That is a strong overall position, but it hides real differences between the individual schools.
Newburyport High is the strongest performer, ranked 64 of 353 (82nd percentile, 4 stars) and improving for three straight years; its graduation rate is 98.0% and dropout rate 1.0%. Grade 10 proficiency is well above the state in ELA (64.91), math (60.12), science (62.11), and Biology (56.28). Rupert A Nock Middle is close behind at 99 of 478 (79th percentile, 4 stars), with all-grades ELA of 59.18 and math of 52.87. Francis T Bresnahan Elementary showed the biggest one-year jump in the district: ELA rose from 43.38 to 59.48 and math from 43.38 to 63.25, the highest math score reported this year.
Edward G. Molin Elementary School is the relative outlier, below the district in all three core subjects (ELA 39.30, math 42.21, science 46.04) and sliding in rank from the 65th percentile in 2023-24 to the 52nd in 2025-26. Nock also has one internal weak spot: Grade 8 math is 41.83, only about 0.16 points above the state's Grade 8 math figure of 41.67, while its Grades 6 and 7 math are 59.09 and 56.60. Keep in mind that Bresnahan has no recent ranking (only 2004–2007 history), spending figures date to 2020-21, and free/reduced lunch data are suppressed for all four schools, which limits equity comparisons.
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