Summary:
ZIP code 02050 covers Marshfield, Massachusetts, where seven public schools serve roughly 3,554 students: five elementary schools (1,636 students), one middle school (799), and one high school (1,119). All belong to the Marshfield district, which ranks 104th out of 351 districts statewide — a 70th percentile, 4-star rating. That district-wide picture, however, masks wide variation among the individual schools.
The standouts are Marshfield High and Eames Way School. Marshfield High ranks 87th of 353 high schools (75th percentile, 4 stars) and beats the state in every tested area in 2025–26: ELA 60.58% vs. 45.48%, math 58.65% vs. 43.73%, science 51.91% vs. 40.50%, and biology 48.85% vs. 37.68%, with a 97.5% graduation rate and 1.0% dropout rate. Eames Way ranks 142nd of 899 elementary schools (84th percentile, 4 stars) and posts the top elementary ELA (60.95%) and math (71.03%) scores. Gov Edward Winslow (74th percentile) and South River (73rd percentile) are also strong, particularly in math and science. Daniel Webster (67th percentile, 3 stars) is mixed, with 3rd grade ELA at 73.33% but 5th grade ELA at 22.5%. Furnace Brook Middle ranks 141st of 478 middle schools (71st percentile, 4 stars), yet its percentile has slipped from 81st to 78th to 71st over three years.
The main concern is Martinson Elementary, the lowest-performing elementary here at 474th of 899 (47th percentile, 2 stars). Its 2025–26 scores — ELA 35.14%, math 46.61%, science 34.38% — fall below the district in every core subject and below the state in ELA and science, and all three dropped sharply from 2024–25. Notably, its $16,897 per-student spending and 11.7 student-teacher ratio resemble higher-performing schools, so resources and class size alone do not explain the gap. Free/reduced lunch data is unavailable for every school, and spending figures date to 2020–21, so they are historical context rather than a current resource measure.
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