High Schools in Swansea

Swansea, Massachusetts has just one high school in this data set: Joseph Case High, which serves grades 9–12 to about 514 students and belongs to the Swansea district. Because it is the only high school here, it represents the entire local high-school picture, and it compares well against both its district and the state.

Joseph Case High's state ranking has climbed steadily. It moved from 182 of 348 schools (48th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024, to 131 of 349 (62nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025, and to 96 of 353 (73rd percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 — an overall gain of 86 places and a jump from 2 to 4 stars. Test scores generally beat state averages. In 2025–2026, 10th grade science proficiency was 56.88% versus the state's 40.50%, and 10th grade math rose from 43.85% to 56.25% in a single year, putting it 12.52 points above the state. ELA dipped from 54.62% to 49.56% but still beat both district and state. The only below-state result was 2024–2025 10th grade math, which was slightly under.

Graduation and dropout outcomes are favorable: a 94.5% graduation rate (district 93.0%) and a 3.1% dropout rate (district 3.9%). Staffing runs about 10.9 students per teacher, and per-student spending was $15,691 in 2020–2021. The Swansea district overall ranks 146 of 351 (58th percentile, 3 stars), below the high school's latest standing, though these rank different entities. Free/reduced lunch data is blank, so economic context is unknown, and test results span different years and grade scopes, so not every figure is directly comparable.