Silver Lake

The Silver Lake area is home to two schools serving grades 7 through 12 in Kingston, Massachusetts: Silver Lake Regional High (grades 9–12, 1,034 students) and Silver Lake Regional Middle School (grades 7–8, 544 students), both part of the Silver Lake district. No elementary or alternative schools appear in this data set, and both schools report a student/teacher ratio of 12.

Silver Lake Regional Middle School is the stronger academic performer. It earns 3 stars and ranks in the 64th percentile, up from the 60th percentile the year before. Its students score above the state average in English language arts (44.84 vs. 40.03) and especially in math (48.52 vs. 41.11), with 7th grade math nearly 10 points above state. Science is the weak spot, at 35.41 vs. 40.98 state, though it improved by 2.83 points over the prior year. Civics, at 35.80 vs. 39.77 state, also trails. Middle school ELA and math were essentially flat year over year.

Silver Lake Regional High stands out for completion: a 98.0% graduation rate and 0.4% dropout rate. But proficiency is uneven and slipping. Tenth grade ELA fell 9.63 points to 35.27, about 10 points below state; science fell 13.74 points to 34.57; physics is 32.80 vs. 46.58 state; only 10th grade math (44.03 vs. 43.73) edges above state. The high school's rating dropped from 3 stars to 2 stars, ranking in the 44th percentile. The Silver Lake district overall sits at the 46th percentile with 2 stars, reflecting that split. Free/reduced-lunch data are unavailable for both schools, and spending figures are historical, from 2020–2021.