Summary
Ashby Elementary is a small K–4 school at 911 Main Street in the town of Ashby, Massachusetts, serving 152 students as part of the North Middlesex district. Because the school ends at grade 4, only third and fourth graders take MCAS, so every test result comes from a very small group of students. Classes are modest in size: the student–teacher ratio was 12.4 in 2024–25, essentially unchanged at 12.3 in each of the two prior years. Per-pupil spending was $18,750 in 2020–21, down from $20,014 the year before.
The school's clearest strength is English language arts. In 2024–25, 54.1% of all Ashby students tested were proficient or above in ELA, about 12.6 points above the state and 13.5 points above its own district, which ranks 229th of 351 Massachusetts districts. Math had been a weak spot, falling below the state in both 2022–23 and 2023–24, but rose 7.65 points in 2024–25 to 40.98%, essentially level with the state. Third-grade ELA stood at 76%, far above the state, while fourth-grade ELA was 38.89%, just below it. Math flipped: third grade trailed the district by 17.6 points, while fourth grade edged above the state.
Parents should read these numbers as signals rather than verdicts. With roughly 20 to 30 students per tested grade, one or two children can shift a percentage by several points, which helps explain the sharp third-versus-fourth-grade differences. The only nearby school in this data is the Advanced Community Experience Program in Lunenburg, a 10-student specialized program, so it is not a meaningful academic comparison. Free or reduced-price lunch status was also not reported, so economic need could not be factored in; its absence is not a zero.
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