Weymouth

Weymouth is a Massachusetts district serving 5,408 students across 10 public schools — eight elementary, one middle, and one high school — in the town of Weymouth, just south of Boston. District-wide, it ranks 187 of 351 Massachusetts districts, at the 47th percentile with 2 stars, a district-level measure rather than a school-level one. The largest school is Weymouth High School (1,679 students), followed by Maria Weston Chapman Middle School (1,187); elementary schools average about 318 students each.

Elementary schools are the district's academic strength, outperforming both district and state averages in ELA, math, and science. Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School is the standout: the only 4-star elementary, ranked in the 74th percentile, with the highest elementary math proficiency at 61.03%. Academy Avenue has the top elementary science score at 61.02%, up sharply from 52.38% a year earlier, plus 50.82% ELA and 47.28% math. Frederick C Murphy is the most improved school, rising from the 52nd to the 68th percentile with gains of about 5.7 points in ELA, 7.5 in math, and 12.8 in science, while Lawrence W Pingree is a science standout at 56.82%. Variation among elementaries is wide: ELA spans 27.85% to 50.82% and math spans 31.85% to 61.03%.

William Seach has the lowest elementary results — 27.85% ELA, 31.85% math, 32.69% science — and is the only 1-star school, though its percentile is rising (21st to 29th). Thomas V Nash has slipped from the low 50s to the 43rd percentile and from 3 stars to 2. Maria Weston Chapman Middle School is steady at the 51st percentile and 3 stars, with ELA above district and state but science at 25.67% and civics at 26.79%, both well below state. Weymouth High School improved to the 55th percentile and 3 stars, with a 90.8% graduation rate and 5.8% dropout rate; it beats state levels in ELA, science, and biology, but math remains weak at 34.66% versus the state's 43.73%.