Summary:
ZIP code 02186 (Milton, MA) contains six schools — four elementary (K–5), one middle (6–8), and one high school (9–12) — enrolling about 4,367 students, all within the single Milton district, which ranks 35th of 351 Massachusetts districts and sits in the 90th percentile.
No school here is a weak link: each one clears the state proficiency bar in every subject by roughly 15 to 36 points. Milton High posts the strongest absolute outcomes — a 97.7% graduation rate, a 0.8% dropout rate, and 73.60% proficient in Biology against a state rate of 37.68%. Glover is the steadiest performer (90th, 89th, 89th percentile over three years) with the highest elementary composite (67.15) on the lowest per-student spending ($14,244). Tucker improved the most (72nd to 80th percentile) and owns the top 3rd-grade math result (77.94%), yet is the only school below district average in ELA and science. Collicot slipped from the 95th to the 89th percentile, while Charles S Pierce Middle drifted upward (85th to 87th) and has the lowest student–teacher ratio in the ZIP, 11.5.
Science is the district's signature strength, with Pierce's 74.31% and Milton High's Biology results among the highest in the data. Elementary science, however, declined at all four elementary schools even as middle-school science rose. Spending and class size do not track outcomes here — Glover spends least and scores highest, while Collicot has the largest classes yet strong math. Four of six schools moved down to 4 stars, a reminder that relative rank depends on how other Massachusetts schools moved. Free/reduced-lunch rates are unreported for all six schools, so no economic context is available.
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