Sturbridge

Sturbridge, Massachusetts has just one school in this data set: Burgess Elementary, an elementary school serving grades PK–6 with 842 students, all within the Sturbridge district. Because there is only one school, there are no other Sturbridge schools to compare it against, and no middle or high school data is included here. Families should note that district-level results for Sturbridge are identical to Burgess Elementary's results, since the district contains only this one listed school.

Burgess Elementary is a high-performing, top-quartile school. Its 2025–2026 school rank is 250 of 899, which is the 72nd percentile with a 4-star rating, and the district ranks 94 of 351, the 73rd percentile, also 4 stars. The school scores above the state average in every reported subject and grade. Science is the standout: 60.75% proficient versus 40.98% statewide, a +19.77 point advantage, and its 5th-grade science score of 60.75% is +17.68 points above the state's 43.07%. Math is consistently strong at 55.05% proficient, +13.94 points above state, with 6th-grade math at 60.87% (+18.28 points). ELA is solid but less dominant at 48.6%, +8.57 points above state; its narrowest margin is 6th-grade ELA at +5.39 points.

The school is also improving. It moved from 60th percentile with 3 stars in 2023–2024 to 72nd percentile with 4 stars in 2025–2026, gaining 112 rank positions. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 alone, ELA rose +2.20 points and science +6.34 points while state ELA and science declined. Other context is limited: the student–teacher ratio is 12:1 for 2024–2025, per-student spending is $17,075 for 2020–2021, and free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, so socioeconomic comparisons are not possible from this record.