Summary:
Zip code 01082 has exactly one listed high school: Ware Junior/Senior High School, a combined grades 7–12 school in the Ware district with 425 students at 237 West Street in Ware, Massachusetts. Because it is the only school in this zip code, there is no local school-to-school comparison to make; the useful benchmarks are how the school performs against its own district and against Massachusetts averages.
The academic picture is mixed. Eighth grade Science is a genuine bright spot at 43.94% proficient, above both the district (42.03%) and the state (38.93%), and All Grades Science rose sharply year over year, from 30.56% to 43.94%, moving above the state's 40.98%. Mathematics is the clearest weakness: All Grades Mathematics was 11.46% proficient in 2025–2026 versus 41.11% statewide, and 8th grade math was 10.14% against 41.67% statewide. ELA also trails the state at every reported grade level, and All Grades ELA fell 9.33 percentage points in a year, from 34.01% to 24.68%, while the state dipped only slightly. High school science is uneven: 10th grade Science was 27.08% and Biology End of Course just 6.67%, far below the state's 37.68%. Civics (8th grade) came in at 20.90% versus 39.77% statewide.
Completion outcomes look better than test scores. The graduation rate is 89.5% and the dropout rate 5.8% for 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio is a relatively favorable 11.1. Spending was $16,730 per student in 2020–2021, which is too dated for firm conclusions, and free/reduced lunch data is not reported, so economic context cannot be assessed. Notably, the school has held a 1-star ranking for three consecutive years, with its percentile slipping from 24 to 23 to 22 — a persistent pattern rather than a one-year dip.
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