Best High Schools in Zip Code 01516

Zip code 01516 is served by exactly one high school, Douglas High School, a grades 9–12 school with 267 students in the town of Douglas, MA, so there are no other local high schools to compare it with directly.

For families, the strongest signs are completion and staffing: the school posts a 98.5% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate for 2024–2025, both matching the Douglas district, and a 7.2 student-teacher ratio. Per-student spending is $18,502 (2020–2021). The clearest academic bright spot is Biology End-of-Course proficiency in 2025–2026: 41.27%, above the district’s 38.24% and the state’s 37.68%. However, the school’s listed district rank is 202 of 351, at the 42nd percentile with 2 stars, and rank history declined from 145 of 348 (58th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 204 of 349 (42nd percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025, then 208 of 353 (41st percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026. The free/reduced-lunch percentage is not provided and should not be read as 0%.

Most recent MCAS Next Generation results in 10th grade trail the state. In 2025–2026, ELA proficiency is 34.48% versus the state’s 45.48%, Mathematics is 29.31% versus 43.73%, and Science is 28.57% versus 40.50%; Mathematics has the largest gap at 14.42 points below. Same-subject 10th-grade results also fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA dropped from 50.79% to 34.48%, Mathematics from 34.92% to 29.31%, and Science from 37.29% to 28.57%. The state also declined, but by smaller amounts, so the school’s drops outpaced the state’s. Biology figures should not be compared directly year over year because 2024–2025 is reported for All Grades at 22.83% while 2025–2026 is End of Course at 41.27%. Overall, the school offers strong completion and a low student-teacher ratio, but recent ELA, Mathematics, and Science proficiency lags the state, and achievement is closely aligned with the Douglas district.