Summary:
In zip code 01434 — the Devens, Massachusetts area — there is exactly one high school: Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School, a charter school serving grades 7–12 with 388 students, which also constitutes its own single-school district, Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District).
That school is a strong performer by several measures. It ranked 39th of 353 statewide in 2025–2026 (89th percentile, 4 stars), up from 65th of 349 (81st percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025 and 54th of 348 (84th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 96.5% with a 0.0% dropout rate, and its student-teacher ratio was 9.4 — roughly 41 teachers for 388 students. Per-student spending was $19,432 in 2020–2021, the only spending figure available, and free/reduced lunch data is not available, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed. Because it is a single-school district, school-level and district-level figures are identical, leaving no local peer to compare against.
Its high school grades drive its results. In 2025–2026, 10th graders scored 76.12 in ELA versus 45.48 statewide (+30.64 points), 68.66 in mathematics versus 43.73 (+24.93), and 65.67 in science versus 40.50 (+25.17). Science is the most consistent strength — above state at every grade level and in both years, including +23.71 points for all grades in 2024–2025. Civics was also above state in both years and improved slightly. All-grade scores, however, fell more than the state's between the two years, and 7th-grade ELA was the one result slightly below state (38.67 vs. 39.91). Since the school serves grades 7–12, "All Grades" figures include middle school, making the 10th-grade results the better guide to its high school performance.
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