Summary:
ZIP code 01516 covers Douglas, Massachusetts, where four public schools in the Douglas district serve roughly 1,113 students: Douglas Primary School (PK–1), Douglas Elementary School (grades 2–5), Douglas Middle School (grades 6–8), and Douglas High School (grades 9–12). Enrollment is spread fairly evenly, from 222 students at the primary school to 340 at the elementary school. The district overall is rated 42nd percentile with 2 stars, but that summary hides wide differences among the individual schools.
Douglas Middle School is the clear standout, ranking 144 of 478 (70th percentile, 4 stars) — the only 4-star school in the ZIP — with all-grade math at 51.34% versus the state's 41.11% and 6th-grade math at 60.42% versus 42.59%. Douglas Elementary School is improving, moving from the 36th to the 45th percentile over three years, though it remains 2 stars; its 3rd- and 4th-grade math is strong, but 5th-grade ELA and math both sit at 21.62%, well below state. Douglas High School combines a 98.5% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate with below-state 10th-grade results in ELA (34.48%), math (29.31%), and science (28.57%), and it has slipped from the 58th to the 41st percentile.
Douglas Primary School has no MCAS or ranking data because it serves PK–1, so it cannot be judged academically here; it has the highest student-teacher ratio (13.8). Spending is highest at the high school ($18,502 per student, 2020–2021) and lowest at the elementary school ($14,928), and the high school also has the lowest student-teacher ratio (7.2) — yet its core test scores trail the state, while the middle school performs far better on similar per-student spending. Free/reduced-lunch data are not available for any of the four schools.
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