Summary:
West Boylston has two public schools — Major Edwards Elementary (PK–5) and West Boylston Junior/Senior High (grades 6–12) — serving 923 students combined, with the West Boylston district ranked 79 of 351 in Massachusetts at the 77th percentile and 4 stars. Major Edwards enrolls 462 students, while the junior/senior high enrolls 461, so the two schools are nearly equal in size. The district summary counts 1 elementary, 0 middle, 1 high, and 0 alternative schools; the junior/senior high is classified as a high school even though it includes grades 6–8.
For 2025–2026, West Boylston Junior/Senior High is the standout: it ranks 68 of 353, at the 81st percentile with 4 stars, up from 130 of 349 in 2024–2025. It also reported a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate for 2024–2025. Major Edwards Elementary ranks 280 of 899, at the 69th percentile with 3 stars, up from 331 of 906 in 2024–2025. Both schools beat the state in all-grade ELA, math, and science, but math and science are much stronger: elementary math is 60.56 vs. state 41.11, high-school math is 58.02 vs. 41.11, elementary science is 58.33 vs. 40.98, and high-school science is 59.72 vs. 40.98.
ELA is also above state at both schools, though by a narrower margin: elementary ELA is 43.66 vs. 40.03, and high-school ELA is 44.08 vs. 40.03. Grade-level highlights include 10th-grade ELA at 67.24 and 10th-grade math at 68.97 at the junior/senior high, plus 5th-grade math at 70.0 and 4th-grade ELA at 56.96 at the elementary school. The main ELA soft spots are 5th-grade ELA at 31.67 and 3rd-grade ELA at 39.19, both below state, and 6th-grade ELA at 38.81 vs. state 40.26. Per-pupil spending was $20,838 at the elementary school and $15,300 at the junior/senior high in 2020–2021; student-teacher ratios were 13.7 and 10.6 in 2024–2025. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for both schools, so poverty context is not available.
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