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Nantucket High

Public Grades 9-12
203rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 353 Massachusetts High Schools
Better than 42% of Massachusetts high schools
Summary

Nantucket High is a public high school in Nantucket, MA, serving grades 9–12 with 596 students, located on an island where there are no other schools within 20 miles, so the most useful comparisons are to the Nantucket district and Massachusetts state averages.

For 2025–2026, the school ranked 203 of 353 Massachusetts high schools, the 42nd percentile with 2 stars, down from 62nd percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024 and 56th percentile in 2024–2025. The district is ranked 252nd of 351 districts (28th percentile, 1 star). Grade 10 MCAS results trail the state in ELA (38.21% vs. 45.48%), math (35.77% vs. 43.73%), and science (32.74% vs. 40.5%), though the school is close to district scores. Biology End-of-Course is a bright spot: 41.67% vs. the state’s 37.68%. Physics is weaker: 30% vs. the state’s 46.58%. Earlier years were stronger—for example, 2024–2025 grade 10 ELA was 64.29% vs. the state’s 50.66%, and 2023–2024 math and science also beat state.

Resource context is substantial: the student-teacher ratio was 10.8 in 2024–2025, and per-student spending was $24,317 in 2020–2021. Graduation remains high at 91.8% in 2024–2025, slightly above the district’s 90.6%, but the dropout rate rose to 6.3% from 1.8% in 2020–2021. Subgroup rankings are uneven: African American students ranked in the 88th percentile, Special Education students in the 69th, and English Language Learner students in the 86th in 2024–2025, while Low Socio Economic Status students were in the 29th percentile and Hispanic students in the 27th in 2025–2026. Because no nearby school records and recent free/reduced-lunch data were provided, district and state comparisons are the most reliable. Overall, the school has shown strong results in some subjects and years, but 2025–2026 is a clear down year across several measures.

596
Students ?
10.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$27,182
Per pupil spending ?
17.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 10 Surfside Road
       Nantucket, MA  02554

(508) 228-7280

District: Nantucket


Feeder schools for Nantucket High:

Elementary:    Nantucket Elementary
    Nantucket Intermediate School
Middle:    Cyrus Peirce
Racial breakdown:

White:
43.8%
Hispanic:
39.8%
African American:
10.1%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 42nd percentile in 2016 → 42nd in 2026
Strengths
✓92% graduate within 4 years
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (36% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Physics scores 17 pts below the Massachusetts average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school36%
District avg36%
Massachusetts avg42%
203rd of 353
Massachusetts public high schools ?
Bottom 42%▬ steady since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
252nd of 351Nantucket among Massachusetts districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202642.1203 of 35342.5%★★☆☆☆
202557.6153 of 34956.2%★★★☆☆
202464.7132 of 34862.1%★★★☆☆
202359.7149 of 34757.1%★★★☆☆
202254.8168 of 34250.9%★★★☆☆
202142.9188 of 28534.0%★★☆☆☆
201959.7164 of 35153.3%★★★☆☆
201855.5202 of 34541.4%★★☆☆☆
201747.4233 of 34833.0%★★☆☆☆
201656.2203 of 35142.2%★★☆☆☆
201545.9241 of 35431.9%★★☆☆☆
201444.9240 of 34730.8%★★☆☆☆
201357.6187 of 34445.6%★★☆☆☆
201262.2160 of 34052.9%★★★☆☆
201156.7189 of 34044.4%★★☆☆☆
201041.9233 of 33530.4%★★☆☆☆
200955.1181 of 32243.8%★★☆☆☆
200848.8192 of 31939.8%★★☆☆☆
200753.0171 of 31645.9%★★☆☆☆
200656.7161 of 31448.7%★★☆☆☆
200564.4136 of 31156.3%★★★☆☆
200463.8127 of 30758.6%★★★☆☆
200376.378 of 30474.3%★★★★☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202681.319 of 15787.9%★★★★☆
202564.339 of 14873.6%★★★★☆
202470.738 of 16076.3%★★★★☆
202348.868 of 14252.1%★★★☆☆
202230.096 of 13327.8%★☆☆☆☆
202146.347 of 9450.0%★★★☆☆
201950.766 of 13751.8%★★★☆☆
201868.744 of 13467.2%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202266.873 of 29575.3%★★★★☆
202162.962 of 20269.3%★★★★☆
201961.188 of 29970.6%★★★★☆
201839.7181 of 29939.5%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202556.512 of 8385.5%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202647.3175 of 34048.5%★★☆☆☆
202554.9157 of 33753.4%★★★☆☆
202472.2101 of 34270.5%★★★★☆
202368.5114 of 33966.4%★★★☆☆
202256.0162 of 34052.4%★★★☆☆
202139.6188 of 28133.1%★★☆☆☆
201972.6105 of 34269.3%★★★☆☆
201864.5148 of 33956.3%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202626.4191 of 26026.5%★☆☆☆☆
202550.7111 of 24554.7%★★★☆☆
202448.1121 of 24951.4%★★★☆☆
202330.7167 of 24130.7%★★☆☆☆
202264.274 of 21765.9%★★★☆☆
202126.9105 of 14929.5%★★☆☆☆
201939.3126 of 20638.8%★★☆☆☆
201821.8158 of 19318.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202630.5243 of 34028.5%★☆☆☆☆
202564.6104 of 33468.9%★★★☆☆
202456.6142 of 33858.0%★★★☆☆
202349.2176 of 33847.9%★★☆☆☆
202250.9160 of 33251.8%★★★☆☆
202136.5169 of 25333.2%★★☆☆☆
201956.6142 of 33057.0%★★★☆☆
201839.2226 of 33031.5%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202634.0218 of 34436.6%★★☆☆☆
202556.0147 of 33956.6%★★★☆☆
202453.8168 of 34250.9%★★★☆☆
202345.6185 of 34346.1%★★☆☆☆
202252.0171 of 33949.6%★★☆☆☆
202144.2174 of 28138.1%★★☆☆☆
201945.9214 of 34638.2%★★☆☆☆
201840.1246 of 34328.3%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202657.493 of 29868.8%★★★☆☆
202575.253 of 30282.5%★★★★☆
202479.347 of 28983.7%★★★★☆
202366.768 of 30177.4%★★★★☆
202252.5160 of 33952.8%★★★☆☆
202136.4179 of 26833.2%★★☆☆☆
201947.8186 of 34846.6%★★☆☆☆
201834.1258 of 34425.0%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202647.3153 of 30249.3%★★☆☆☆
202580.865 of 29878.2%★★★★☆
202481.458 of 30280.8%★★★★☆
202387.442 of 30186.0%★★★★☆
202262.9113 of 30062.3%★★★☆☆
202167.985 of 24965.9%★★★☆☆
201976.869 of 30277.2%★★★★☆
201870.085 of 30371.9%★★★★☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2026)88th percentile+45 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)86th percentile+29 vs school
Disabled (2022)75th percentile+24 vs school
Special Education (2026)69th percentile+26 vs school
White (2026)49th percentile+7 vs school
Female (2026)49th percentile+6 vs school
Male (2026)37th percentile-6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)29th percentile-14 vs school
Hispanic (2026)27th percentile-16 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?
Biology42%+4 vs state
English Language Arts38%-7 vs state
Mathematics36%-8 vs state
Science33%-8 vs state
Physics30%-17 vs state

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Nantucket High ranks 203rd of 353 Massachusetts high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 596 students attended Nantucket High.

Students at Nantucket High are 44% White, 40% Hispanic, 10% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Nantucket High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Nantucket Elementary
Elementary : Nantucket Intermediate School
Middle : Cyrus Peirce

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesMar 5, 2026
2024–25 MCAS Next Generation test scoresSep 29, 2025
2023–24 school spending dataMay 8, 2025
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 1, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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