Summary:
ZIP code 02738 covers Marion, MA, and lists only one public school: Sippican, an elementary school serving grades PK–6 with 369 students. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools in this ZIP, so Marion functions as a single-school district and the school-level and district-level MCAS scores are identical. Free/reduced lunch data is unavailable, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed from this dataset.
Sippican’s clearest strengths are math and science. Math was above the state in both reported years: 44.16% vs. 41.11% in 2025–2026 and 45.91% vs. 40.74% in 2024–2025. Science was also above the state in both years: 44.64% vs. 40.98% and 54.72% vs. 41.51%, though it dropped 10.08 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Third grade in 2025–2026 was especially strong, with ELA at 51.28% vs. 42.79% and math at 53.85% vs. 42.19%. The student-teacher ratio is 10.7, and per-pupil spending was $18,890 in 2020–2021.
Watch areas include ELA, which slipped to 39.18% in 2025–2026, slightly below the state’s 40.03%. Grades 5 and 6 ELA are below the state, and 6th grade math is below the state at 37.50% vs. 42.59%. Sippican’s rank history declined from 327 of 916 (64th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 427 of 899 (53rd percentile) in 2025–2026, but it still holds 3 stars. The broader Marion district summary is more modest: 200 of 351, 43rd percentile, 2 stars. Overall, math and science are relative strengths, early grades look strong, and upper-grade ELA/math plus the recent science drop are areas to monitor; small grade-level cohorts can make year-to-year changes volatile.
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