Summary:
ZIP code 01950 has exactly one public high school: Newburyport High, which serves grades 9–12 with 743 students as part of the Newburyport district in Massachusetts. Because it is the only high school in the area, there are no local schools to compare it against; the useful comparisons are with its own district and with the state. Newburyport High is a 4-star school, ranked 64th of 353 Massachusetts high schools in 2025-2026 — the 82nd percentile, or the top 18% statewide. The Newburyport district is also rated 4 stars, ranked 99th of 351 districts, in the 72nd percentile.
Academically, the school performs above state levels in every reported subject. In 2025-2026 MCAS Next Generation tests, 10th graders reached 64.91% proficiency in ELA, 60.12% in Math, 62.11% in Science, and 56.28% in Biology end-of-course — ahead of the state by +19.43, +16.39, +21.61, and +18.60 points respectively. School and district results are nearly identical, usually within one point, showing the high school largely drives the district's high-school-level scores. From 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, ELA fell from 70.39 to 64.91 and Science from 67.86 to 62.11, but the state declined similarly in both; Math rose from 56.18 to 60.12 while the state's math rate slipped. Math remains the relative weak spot among grade-10 core subjects.
Outcomes are strong: a 98.0% graduation rate and 1.0% dropout rate in 2024-2025, with district figures close at 97.1% graduation and 1.0% dropout. The school reports a 10.3 student-teacher ratio and $17,791 per-student spending for 2020-2021. Its statewide rank has climbed from 91st of 348 (74th percentile) in 2023-2024 to 71st of 349 (80th percentile) and then 64th of 353 (82nd percentile), holding 4 stars each year. Free/reduced lunch data is not provided, so socioeconomic context is unknown.
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