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Pentucket

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At a glance

131^stof 351 Massachusetts districts▼ 26

Better than 62% of Massachusetts districts

Elementary 4 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

22 Main Street
West Newbury, MA 01985-1897·(978) 363-2280·All Massachusetts district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 62.7% of districts

Schools

2,238

Students

Top rankedDr John C Page School232^nd of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Smallest classes

Helen R Donaghue School 11.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Pentucket is a Massachusetts district serving roughly 2,238 students across six schools — four elementary, one middle, and one high school — covering prekindergarten through grade 12, and it ranks 131st of 351 districts (63rd percentile, 3 stars).

The clearest academic standout is Dr John C Page School, the only Pentucket school with 4 stars in all three reported years and the strongest elementary all-grade proficiency in ELA, Math, and Science in both 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. Its grade-level peaks are exceptional — 5th grade Math 80.65 and 6th grade Math 72.41 — though its 3rd grade ELA and Math fall below district and state. Pentucket Regional Senior High also posts strong outcomes: a 98.7% graduation rate and 1.3% dropout rate, with 2025-2026 scores above state in ELA 10 (59.86), Math 10 (48.28), Science 10 (42.54), and Biology (46.76). Still, its rank slipped from 81st percentile/4 stars to 68th percentile/3 stars as 10th-grade proficiency fell notably in all three subjects.

Elmer S Bagnall is mixed: strong 3rd and 6th grade results, but 5th grade Math 29.69 and Science 34.38, with all-grade Science dropping from 60.87 to 34.38. Helen R Donaghue School improved from 2 to 3 stars and now beats state in ELA and Math, but remains the lowest-ranked ranked school at 398 of 899 and is below district in every all-grade subject. Pentucket Regional Middle sits near state average but below district in Math, Science, and Civics 8. Science is polarized district-wide — Page at 67.74 versus Bagnall, Donaghue, and the middle school all below the state figure of 40.98. Dr Frederick N Sweetsir serves PK–2, has no test or rank data, and has the highest per-pupil spending ($18,455). Free/reduced lunch data is blank for every school, so socioeconomic context cannot be analyzed, and large grade-level swings mean school-wide averages can hide real differences.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Biology (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2015)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Biology End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Elmer S Bagnall	Public	PK, KG-6	253 School Street	Groveland	01834	Essex County	Pentucket	No	No	No	No	(978) 372-8856	519	43	12.1	9.1%	438 (84.4%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (11.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)	63.5	326^th of 899 public elementary schools	63.7%		66.2	317^th of 906 public elementary schools	65.0%	9	65.6	41.2	37.5	63.9				51.6	62.5	45.9	29.7	62.5				50.2	34.4			34.4			$18,387
Helen R Donaghue School	Public	3-6	24 Union Street Ext.	Merrimac	01860	Essex County	Pentucket	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 346-8921	262	23	11.2	18.4%	230 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (9.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	55.2	398^th of 899 public elementary schools	55.7%		58.1	374^th of 906 public elementary schools	58.7%	24	46.8	40.9	42.6	45.9				44.0	42.2	47.9	41.1	47.5				44.8	37.5			37.5			$19,030
Dr John C Page School	Public	PK, KG-6	694 Main Street	West Newbury	01985	Essex County	Pentucket	No	No	No	No	(978) 363-2671	327	28	11.7	5.4%	299 (91.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.8%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	74	232^nd of 899 public elementary schools	74.2%		83.4	140^th of 906 public elementary schools	84.5%	92	37.8	57.5	61.3	56.9				53.0	29.6	57.8	80.7	72.4				59.6	67.7			67.7			$19,852
Dr Frederick N Sweetsir	Public	PK, KG-2	104 Church Street	Merrimac	01860	Essex County	Pentucket	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 346-8319	217	17	12.4	12.8%	185 (85.3%)	2 (0.9%)	15 (6.9%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.0%)								(n/a)																							$20,247
Pentucket Regional Middle	Public	7-8	24 Main Street	West Newbury	01985	Essex County	Pentucket	No	No	No	No	(978) 363-5507	335	27	12.4	12.7%	301 (89.9%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (7.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	53.1	193^rd of 478 public middle schools	59.6%		62.6	168^th of 484 public middle schools	65.3%	25					41.1	40.5		40.8					36.1	43.9		39.9		39.4		39.4		34.1	$19,359
Pentucket Regional Senior High	Public	9-12	24 Main Street	West Newbury	01985	Essex County	Pentucket	No	No	No	No	(978) 363-5507	578	50	11.5	9.7%	508 (87.9%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (7.8%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.4%)	66.5	113^th of 353 public high schools	68.0%		83.2	67^th of 349 public high schools	80.8%	46							59.9								48.3				42.5		46.8		$20,102

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Georgetown	2.32 mi	3	169^th
Haverhill	2.52 mi	16	294^th
Boxford	3.2 mi	2	87^th
Whittier Regional Vocational Technical	4.62 mi	1	205^th
Hill View Montessori Charter Public (District)	5.12 mi	1	306^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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