High Schools in Saugus

Saugus, Massachusetts has exactly one public high school: Saugus High, located at 1 Pearce Drive and serving grades 9–12 with 744 students in the Saugus district. Because there is only one high school in the area, there are no local high schools to compare against each other; the meaningful comparisons are between Saugus High, its district, and the state of Massachusetts.

Academically, the picture is mixed. The clearest strength is Biology End of Course in 2025–2026, where Saugus High scored 51.28% proficient — above the district's 48.84% and well above the state's 37.68%, and the only 2025–2026 measure where the school beats the state. In the core 10th-grade MCAS subjects, however, the school trails the state substantially: ELA at 28.21% versus 45.48% statewide, Mathematics at 30.32% versus 43.73%, and Science at 23.24% versus 40.50%. Science and ELA also fell sharply from the prior year (down 13.82 and 9.07 points respectively), while the state declined far less, widening the gap. Mathematics was comparatively stable at 30.67% to 30.32%. In nearly every subject, Saugus High sits slightly above the district average — usually by less than 2 points — but below the state.

Rankings reflect that pattern. Saugus High holds 2 stars but slipped from the 36th to the 31st percentile over three years, now ranking 244 of 353. The Saugus district overall ranks 271 of 351 at the 23rd percentile with 1 star. The graduation rate is 85.6% (district 84.1%), while the dropout rate is 9.9% (district 9.1%) — worth monitoring. Student-teacher ratio is 15.4 and per-student spending is $17,754 (2020–2021), but the free/reduced lunch percentage is not reported, so socioeconomic context is missing.